Jennifer Lee Carrell is an American author of three novels and numerous articles for ''

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'' and '' Arizona Daily Star''.

Background

Born in

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, Carrell spent a brief stint of her childhood in

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before moving with her family to her father's hometown,

Tucson, Arizona , "(at the) base of the black ill , nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town" , image_map = , mapsize = 260px , map_caption = Interactive map ...

. She graduated with undergraduate degrees from Stanford (1984) and Oxford (1988), and earned a PhD in English Literature from Harvard in 1994.

Career

Beginning her career in academia, Carrell served as a lecturer in the "Hist & Lit" (History and Literature) Departments at Harvard from 1994 to 1997 and taught

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from 1997 to 1998. After getting her first freelance assignment from ''Smithsonian Magazine'' -- "How the Bard Won the West" — which explored Shakespeare's surprising popularity among cowboys, miners, and

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of the

Old West The American frontier, also known as the Old West or the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial ...

, Carrell left university life in order to further pursue her writing. A passionate believer in the arts, she worked as the classical music, opera, and dance critic for the ''Arizona Daily Star'' (Tucson) from 1999 to 2001. She has directed Shakespeare plays for Harvard's Hyperion Theatre Company and served as a dramaturg for the

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Personal life

Carrell resides in

Tucson, Arizona , "(at the) base of the black ill , nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town" , image_map = , mapsize = 260px , map_caption = Interactive map ...

with her husband and daughter.

Novels

* Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers" book * **Republished as ''Sunday Times'' of London Top Ten; ''New York Times'' Bestseller List; Finalist, Best First Novel,

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(2008) * Published in the UK as ''The Shakespeare Curse''. ''Sunday Times'' (London) Top Ten; Indie notables, ''IndieBound'' (May 2010)

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrell, Jennifer Lee 1962 births Living people 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Writers from Long Beach, California Writers from Tucson, Arizona Stanford University alumni Writers from Washington, D.C. American women journalists American women novelists Novelists from Arizona 21st-century American non-fiction writers