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Carol Edgarian (born April 29, 1962) is an American author, editor, and publisher. She is known for her novels, ''Rise the Euphrates'' and ''Three Stages of Amazement.'' She is also co-founder, editor and publisher of ''Narrative Magazine'', an online literary magazine. ==Life and career== Edgarian was born in New Britain, Connecticut and grew up in the Hartford area, primarily in West Hartford and Glastonbury. She attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where she graduated cum laude, receiving the Kingsbury Prize and the Pamela Weidenman Prize in Art. She received her B.A. in English with High Honors from Stanford University in 1984. She moved to San Francisco soon after college and worked as a freelance copywriter, speechwriter, and PR consultant for various high tech and retail companies, including Levi Strauss and the Mayfield Fund. She entered the national literary scene with a high-profile debut novel ''Rise the Euphrates'' (1994). In its review ''The Washington Post'' cited ''Rise the Euphrates'' as “a book whose generosity of spirit, intelligence, humanity, and finally ambition are what literature ought to be and rarely is today—daring, heartbreaking, and affirmative, giving order and sense to our random lives.” ''The Miami Herald'' called the novel “a stunning debut” and Mademoiselle magazine called Edgarian’s writing “so good it can raise the hairs on your neck.” Set in San Francisco in 2009 and at the start of the financial crisis, ''Three Stages of Amazement'' (2011) is both a love story and social chronicle of turbulent America. The novel reached the ''New York Times'' bestseller list in its first week of publication, ''O Magazine'' chose it as a Top Pick, and Indiebound selected it as a Pick of the Month. ''Three Stages of Amazement'' was called “furiously compelling” by Janet Maslin at the ''New York Times'',〔("Wife on the Rebound, Husband on the Edge" ), New York Times. Retrieved on 2011-04-21.〕 “superbly crafted, skillfully plotted” by ''The Washington Post'',〔("Life's Lessons Skillfully Shared" ), The Washington Post. Retrieved on 2011-04-21.〕 and “generous and graceful and true” by ''O Magazine''.〔("The Best and the Brightest" ), O Magazine. Retrieved on 2011-04-21.〕 Among her other works of fiction and non-fiction is ''The Writer’s Life: Intimate Thoughts on Work, Love, Inspiration, and Fame'' which she co-edited with Tom Jenks (Vintage). Edgarian has also written for numerous publications including ''Vogue'', ''Travel & Leisure'', and ''W''. In 2003 Edgarian co-founded ''Narrative Magazine''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carol Edgarian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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