Allison Glock
{{Short description|American non-fiction writer}}
{{infobox writer
|name=Allison Glock
|birth_place=West Virginia, U.S.
|occupation=Writer
|nationality=American
|education=Indiana University Bloomington
Syracuse University (MA)
|genre=Non-fiction
|awards=Whiting Award (2004)
}}
Allison Glock (born in West Virginia){{cite web|url=http://allisonglock.com|title=Allison Glock, Award-Winning Journalist and Non-Fiction Writer, Professional Biography}} is an American non-fiction writer.[http://www.whitingfoundation.org/whiting_2004_bios.html Whiting Foundation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812012751/http://www.whitingfoundation.org/whiting_2004_bios.html |date=August 12, 2009}}
Life
She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 1989, and from Syracuse University with an MA in 1992.
Her work has appeared in The New York Times,{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=ALLISON+GLOCK&more=date_all|title=Search results| work=The New York Times}} The New York Times Magazine, Esquire,[http://www.esquire.com/search/fast_search?search_query=author:%22Allison%20Glock%22&srchtyp=system Allison Glock]. {{dead link|date=August 2013}} GQ, Maxim,{{cite web|url=http://www.maxim.com/search/site/allison%20glock|title=Keanu Reeves Reflects On His Eclectic Career|work=Maxim|accessdate=August 9, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130809220331/http://www.maxim.com/search/site/allison%20glock|archive-date=2013-08-09|url-status=dead}} Men's Journal, The New Yorker, Food & Wine, Elle, Garden & Gun, Oprah Magazine, Marie Claire, Rolling Stone.
She is a Senior Staff Writer for ESPN.{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/allison-glock/b/791/378|title=Allison GlockJournalist, author, television writer|work=Linkedin|accessdate=August 9, 2013}}
She was covered by The Guardian and other outlets for marrying a trans man.{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/16/life-in-our-transgender-family | title = Life in our transgender family | date = January 16, 2016 | publisher = The Guardian }}{{cite web | url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/61051-q-a-with-t-cooper-and-allison-glock-cooper.html | title = Q & A with T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper}}
She wrote a novel named Changers.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/feb/14/changers-t-cooper-allison-glock-cooper- | date = February 14, 2016 | publisher = The Guardian| title = Changers by T Cooper and Allison Glock–Cooper – review}}
Awards
- 2004 Whiting Award
Works
- [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/article.html?id=236776 "I Blame Blogs", Poetry Foundation, 5.15.09]
- {{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/opinion/16glock.html| title=Halloween on Heels| work=The New York Times| date= October 16, 2006 | first=Allison | last=Glock | accessdate=April 23, 2010}}
- [http://gardenandgun.com/article/sweet-tea "Sweet Tea: A Love Story", Garden & Gun]
- [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2001/03/19/010319ta_TALK_PERFECT_FIT "Perfect Fit: The Right Bra", The New Yorker, March 19, 2001]
- {{cite book| title=Beauty Before Comfort| publisher=Alfred A. Knopf| year= 2003| isbn= 978-0-375-40121-3}}
- {{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/learningtosinghe00aike| url-access=registration| quote=Allison Glock.| title=Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life| author=Clay Aiken| author2=Allison Glock| publisher=Random House, Inc.| year= 2005| isbn= 978-0-8129-7410-2}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/allison-glock#/ Profile at The Whiting Foundation]
- {{cite news| url=http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/living-with-music-a-playlist-by-allison-glock/#more-517 | date=June 25, 2008| title=Living With Music: A Playlist by Allison Glock| author= DWIGHT GARNER| work=The New York Times}}
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