Margaux Fragoso

Margaux Artemia Fragoso (/ˈmɑːrɡoʊ fræˈɡoʊsoʊ/; April 15, 1979 – June 23, 2017) was an American author, best known for the memoir Tiger, Tiger.[1][2]

Margaux Fragoso

Ph.D.
BornApril 15, 1979 (1979-04-15)
West New York, New Jersey, United States
DiedJune 23, 2017 (2017-06-24) (aged 38)
Mandeville, Louisiana, United States
LanguageEnglish
Alma materNew Jersey City University
Binghamton University
GenreAutobiography
Notable worksTiger, Tiger: A Memoir
Years active2011–17
SpouseSteve McGowan
Tom O’Connor
Children1

Early life

Fragoso was born to a working-class family and grew up in Union City, New Jersey. Her father was a Puerto Rican jeweler who had a bad temper and drank heavily, while her mother suffered from severe mental illness, necessitating several hospitalizations. From the age of seven, Fragoso was groomed and sexually abused by a neighbor, given the pseudonym "Peter Curran" in her memoir "Tiger,Tiger".[3]

Career

Fragoso attended New Jersey City University and then Binghamton University, earning a Ph.D. in 2009. In 2011, she published Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir, which became a bestseller.[4]

Personal life and death

Fragoso was married twice, to Steve McGowan, with whom she had a daughter, and in 2010 married Tom O'Connor. She died of ovarian cancer in 2017, aged 38.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "'Tiger, Tiger' Author Shocks With Memoir of Affair With Pedophile". ABC News.
  2. Cardell, Kylie; Douglas, Kate (April 1, 2013). "Indecent Exposure? Margaux Fragoso and the Limits of Abuse Memoir". Prose Studies. 35 (1): 39–53. doi:10.1080/01440357.2013.781347. S2CID 162087684.
  3. "Graphic tale of abuse suggests seducer's in control from beyond the grave" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  4. Schudel, Matt (June 27, 2017). "Margaux Fragoso, author of searing memoir of childhood sexual abuse, dies at 38" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  5. Journal, Caitlin Mota | The Jersey (June 27, 2017). "Margaux Fragoso, child-sex-abuse victim and author, dead at 38". nj.
  6. Roberts, Sam (June 27, 2017). "Margaux Fragoso, Memoirist Who Wrote Hauntingly of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 38" – via NYTimes.com.
  7. "Margaux Fragoso author biography". BookBrowse.com.
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