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Bio

(1942-2018) Author. Louise DeSalvo was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and died in Montclair, New Jersey.

Full Name

Louise DeSalvo

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1942

BIRTH

Louise DeSalvo was born Louise Anita Sciacchetano in Jersey City, New Jersey, on September 27, 1942.

1972

OTHER

Dr. DeSalvo earned a master's degree in English at New York University in 1972.

1977

OTHER

Dr. DeSalvo earned a Ph.D. in English at New York University in 1977.

1979

LITWORK

Virginia Woolf's First Voyage: A Novel in the Making
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
0847661997 / 978-0847661992
Novel.

1982

OTHER

Dr. DeSalvo taught writing and literature at Hunter College in Manhattan, New York, beginning there in 1982.

1989

LITWORK

Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work
Beacon Press
0807063266 / 978-0807063262
Nonfiction.

1996

LITWORK

Vertigo
Dutton Adult
0525939083 / 978-0525939085
Memoir.

1997

LITWORK

Breathless
Beacon Press
0807070963 / 978-0807070963
Memoir.

1999

LITWORK

Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives
HarperOne
0062515195 / 978-0062515193
Nonfiction.

1999

LITWORK

Adultery: An Intimate Look at Why People Cheat
Beacon Press
0807062243 / 978-0807062241
Nonfiction.

2004

LITWORK

Crazy in the Kitchen: Food, Feuds and Forgiveness in an Italian American Family

2004

LITWORK

Crazy in the Kitchen: Food, Feuds and Forgiveness in an Italian American Family
Bloomsbury USA
1582342989 / 978-1582342986
Memoir.

2009

LITWORK

On Moving: A Writer's Meditation on New Houses, Old Haunts, and Finding Home Again
Bloomsbury USA
1582345813 / 978-1582345819
Nonfiction.

2014

LITWORK

The Art Of Slow Writing
St. Martin's Griffin
1250051037 / 978-1250051035
Nonfiction.

2015

LITWORK

Chasing Ghosts
Fordham University Press
0823268845 / 978-0823268849
Memoir.

2018

DEATH

Louise DeSalvo died in Montclair, New Jersey, on October 31, 2018.

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