Writing a Biography of Someone Still Living
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Paula
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Delgado-Kling
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Author
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Writing Nonfiction
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Paula Delgado-Kling holds degrees in comparative literature/French civilizations, international affairs, and creative writing from Brown University, Columbia University, and The New School, respectively. Leonor, for which she received two grants from the Canadian Council for the Arts, is her first book. Excerpts of this book have appeared in Narrative, The Literary Review, Pacifica Literary Review, and Happano.org in Japan. Her work for the Mexican monthly news magazine Gatopardo was nominated for the Simon Bolivar Award, Colombia’s top journalism prize, and anthologized in Las Mejores Crónicas de Gatopardo (Random House Mondadori, 2006). Born in Bogota, Colombia and raised in Toronto, Canada, Delgado-Kling now resides in New York City. To learn more, please visit PaulaDelgadoKling.com.
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Description
Paula Delgado-Kling is in the unique position of having spent 19 years following around the subject of her biography. As a journalist and an author, she can provide valuable advice on writing biographies. She can discuss the challenges of translating live interviews into a nonfiction book. Her interesting insights include how she handled the volatile emotions of the person she was writing about, separated true facts from opinions, and navigated the flawed memories of her subject. In addition to practical writing advice, Delgado-Kling can also share the fascinating story of traveling to Colombia and connecting with a former member of a terrorist group to learn her story. She is able to do her presentation in English or Spanish.
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Cat Kennedy
4 Swan CT
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