Mary Norris (copy editor)
Mary Norris | |
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| File:Mary Norris 2019 Texas Book Festival.jpg Norris at the 2019 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | February 7, 1952 Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University University of Vermont |
| Occupations | Copy editor, writer, author |
| Website | commaqueen |
Mary Norris (born February 7, 1952) is an American author, writer and copy editor for The New Yorker.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Mary Norris was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Rutgers University in 1974 and earned a master's degree in English from the University of Vermont.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Norris joined the editorial staff at The New Yorker in 1978. She has been a query proofreader at the magazine since 1993. She has also been a contributor to "The Talk of the Town" and The New Yorker website.[2][3]
Her first book, Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, was published by W. W. Norton & Co in 2015.[4][5] Norris was a finalist in the 2016 Thurber Prize for American Humor for Between You & Me.[6] She gave a TED talk at TED2016 on the same topic.[7][8] Her second book, Greek to Me – Adventures of a Comma Queen (2019), explores her relation to foreign languages, particularly to classical Greek.[9]
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External links
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