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Meryle Secrest

Biographer

Born in: United Kingdom
Meryle Secrest

Award-winning biographer Meryle Secrest began her career in journalism, later publishing her first book, Between Me and Life: A Biography of Romaine Brooks, in 1974. Writing primarily about artists and musicians, she has been recognized by critics for her assiduous research and engaging style. For Being Bernard Berenson, published in 1979, Secrest was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She has also written books on Salvador Dali, Frank Lloyd Wright, and in 2007, wrote about herself in Shoot the Widow: Adventures of a Biographer in Search of Her Subject. Updated 2012

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