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Claire Dederer
CriticClaire Dederer is a memoirist, essayist, and critic. Her most recent book is the national bestseller Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma (Knopf, 2023), a New York Times Notable Book that was named a best book of 2023 by The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Elle, Esquire, Oprah Daily, and many other outlets. Her previous books are the critically acclaimed Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning (Knopf, 2017) and Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses (FSG, 2010), which was a New York Times bestseller. Dederer is a longtime contributor to The New York Times. Her essays, criticism, and reviews have also appeared in The Paris Review, The Atlantic, The Nation, New York Magazine, and many other publications. She began her career as the chief film critic for Seattle Weekly. She is the recipient of a Hedgebrook residency and a Lannan Foundation residency. Dederer lives in Seattle.
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