Beverly D'Onofrio
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Beverly Donofrio is an author
most noted for writing Riding in Cars with Boys, her autobiography. The book was made into a movie with the same title
and starred Drew Barrymore
as Donofrio. She also is a prolific essayist, having published work in numerous anthologies, in the New York Times, Washington Post Sunday Magazine, The Village Voice
, and in such magazines as Allure
, Cosmopolitan
, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Marie Claire
.
Her second memoir, Looking for Mary, or the Blessed Mother and Me, is about the Virgin Mary, faith and her own life as a mother. Her first children's book was released by Random House in 2007.
Donofrio's father is of Sicilian
descent and her mother is an Italian-American. She lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she founded and currently directs the San Miguel Workshops.
Donofrio studied literature at Wesleyan University
and obtained a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University
. She has taught writing at New York University
and the University of Wyoming
, among other institutions.
Author
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most noted for writing Riding in Cars with Boys, her autobiography. The book was made into a movie with the same title
Riding in Cars with Boys
Riding in Cars with Boys is a 2001 film based on the autobiography of the same name by Beverly Donofrio, about a woman who overcame difficulties including being a teen mother to earning a master's degree from the span of 1961 to 1986. It stars Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, and James...
and starred Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore
Drew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, producer and model. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was 11 months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered...
as Donofrio. She also is a prolific essayist, having published work in numerous anthologies, in the New York Times, Washington Post Sunday Magazine, The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
, and in such magazines as Allure
Allure (magazine)
Allure is the leading U.S. women’s beauty magazine, published monthly by Condé Nast in New York City. It was founded in 1991 by editor in chief Linda Wells, who has been at the helm of the magazine ever since. From its inception, the magazine has been widely recognized for its intelligent,...
, Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Marie Claire is a monthly women's magazine first published in France but also distributed in other countries with editions specific to them and in their languages. While each country shares its own special voice with its audience, the United States edition focuses on women around the world and...
.
Her second memoir, Looking for Mary, or the Blessed Mother and Me, is about the Virgin Mary, faith and her own life as a mother. Her first children's book was released by Random House in 2007.
Donofrio's father is of Sicilian
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
descent and her mother is an Italian-American. She lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she founded and currently directs the San Miguel Workshops.
Donofrio studied literature at Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
and obtained a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. She has taught writing at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
and the University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
, among other institutions.
Related links
- San Miguel Workshops
- Beverly Donofrio Website
- Essay in The Face in the Mirror: Writers Reflect on Their Dreams of Youth and the Reality of Age ISBN 978-1-59102-752-2