Rosellen Brown (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Rosellen Brown is noted for her perceptive treatment of alienation, displacement, exile, and disaster in seemingly ordinary American families. Born in Philadelphia to Jewish parents, who moved frequently and much of the time lived in non-Jewish neighborhoods, Brown came to feel that she had no roots. She found, however, that she could escape her loneliness by writing, and by the time she was nine she had decided to become a writer.
After earning a B.A. from Barnard College in 1960 and an M.A. from Brandeis University in 1962, Brown began working at her craft. In 1963, she married...
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