Faculty

Degrees

PHD, 1976, Univ Maryland; MA, 1962, Boston Univ; BA, 1961, Boston Univ

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Bio

Julia Markus is both a novelist and biographer, her four novels including UNCLE which won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Award and her four biographies including DARED AND DONE. THE MARRIAGE OF ELIZABETH BARRETT AND ROBERT BROWINING.. She is Professor of English and Director of Undergraduate Creative Writing at Hofstra University, Long Island, NY. Her latest biography "LADY BYRON AND HER DAUGHTERS " presents the previously maligned Lady Byron in an astonishing new light. The WALL STREET JOURNAL'S weekend edition gave "Lady Byron and Her Daughters" a rave review, calling it "Deliciously absorbing.." Byron scholars have written "I feel as if I'm getting acquainted with Lady Byron for the first time," (Peter Graham), and "A genuine contribution to Byron studies (Arnold Anthony Schmidt). Fellow writers such as Alix Kates Shulman wrote "Cheers to Julia Markus for rescuing Lady Byron from two centuries of ignominy," and Vivian Gornick: "The book is a treat from start to finish." Julia Markus lives and writes in NYC.

Photo: Michael Montlack

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Teaching Interests

Creative Writing with an emphasis on character building and narrative voice as well as a special interest in Children's Literature.

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Research Interests

Nineteenth century subjects. I've written biographies of the Brownings' Marriage (Knopf), the independent women of the expatriate community in Rome in the 19th century (Knopf) and a biography of James Anthony Froude (Scribner). I am now working on a biography of Lady Byron. I am also working on a "true-life novel."

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Recent Courses Taught

Course	Title	Level
CRWR 135	PROSE WRITING	Undergraduate
CRWR 184X	(CP) WRITING FOR CHILDREN	Undergraduate
CRWR 191N	FINDING YOUR AUTHORIAL VOICE	Undergraduate
CRWR 291A	WRITING THE FAMILY DRAMA	Graduate
CRWR 293O	WRITING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE	Graduate
CRWR 293R	FICTION: WRTNG THE PAGE TURNER	Graduate
CRWR 303	M.F.A. PROJECT	Graduate