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Lauren Kessler is an American author, and immersion journalist who specializes in narrative nonfiction. She is also a professor at the University of Oregon where she directs the Writing Initiative in the School of Journalism and Communication. Kessler is the author of seven works of narrative nonfiction including ''Counterclockwise: My Year of Hypnosis, Hormones and Other Adventures in the World of Anti-Aging'' and ''My Teenage Werewolf: A Mother, A Daughter, A Journey Through the Thicket of Adolescence''. Her book, ''Dancing with Rose'' (renamed ''Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer’s'' in its paperback edition), won the Pacific Northwest Book Award and was named a Best Book of the Year by Library Journal. Her Oregon Book Award-winning book, ''Stubborn Twig'', was chosen to be the book all Oregon reads in celebration of the state’s 150th birthday. She is also author of Washington Post best-seller ''Clever Girl: Elizabeth Bentley, the Spy Who Ushered in the McCarthy Era'', a biography of Elizabeth Bentley, and the Los Angeles Times best-seller and Oregon Book Award finalist ''The Happy Bottom Riding Club'', a biography of aviator Florence Pancho Barnes. David Letterman, in playful competition with Oprah, chose ''The Happy Bottom Riding Club'' as the first (and only) book for “Dave’s Book Club.” Kessler appeared on his show twice. Kessler's journalism and essays have appeared in The New York Times magazine, The Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, O Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, Woman’s Day, Prevention, newsweek.com, salon.com, The Nation and Writer's Digest. She is a national speaker and workshop leader. Kessler blogs about the hope and hype of anti-aging at counterclockwsebook.com. ==Education== *Ph.D., University of Washington, 1980 *MS, University of Oregon, 1975 *B.S.J., Northwestern University, 1972 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「Lauren Kessler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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