Patricia Morrisroe

Patricia Morrisroe is an American journalist, known for being a biographer of Robert Mapplethorpe[1]

Patricia Morrisroe
Born1951
Andover, Massachusetts
LanguageEnglish
Alma materTufts University
NYU
Notable worksMapplethorpe: A Biography
Wide Awake: A Memoir of Insomnia

Biography

Patricia Morrisroe was born in Andover, Massachusetts. She graduated from Tufts University, earning a B.A. in English. After graduating, she worked for a year as a reporter and film critic at the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune. Morrisroe received an M.A. in Cinema Studies from New York University. She continued to work as a contributing editor at New York Magazine. Morrisroe's work was also published in Vogue, Vanity Fair, the New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Sunday Times Magazine. [2]

Morrisroe lives and works in New York City and Westchester County.[3]

Bibliography

  • Mapplethorpe: A Biography. Random House. 1995. ISBN 0306807661.
  • Wide Awake: A Memoir of Insomnia. Spiegel & Grau. 2010. ISBN 9780385522243.
  • The Woman in the Moonlight: A Novel. Little A. 2020. ISBN 9781503903753.[4]

References

  1. "Patricia Morrisroe". penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. "Mapplethorpe: A Biography Patricia Morrisroe | Frieze".
  3. "Patricia Morrisroe Books". www.hachette.com.au.
  4. Vanamee, Norman (September 1, 2020). "Author Patricia Morrisroe on Beethoven and the Bored Housewives of 1800s Vienna". Town & Country.


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