Lexi Freiman

Freiman was born circa 1983 and is of Jewish Hungarian descent. Her mother was a psychotherapist, and her father was a gastroenterologist.{{Cite web |last=Alpern |first=Emma |date=2023-11-14 |title=In Lexi Freiman’s Books, It’s So Easy to Be Wrong |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/lexi-freiman-book-of-ayn-profile.html |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Vulture |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115034341/https://www.vulture.com/article/lexi-freiman-book-of-ayn-profile.html |url-status=live }}

In 2012, she received a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University.{{Cite web |title=Lexi Freiman |url=https://books.catapult.co/books/the-book-of-ayn/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Catapult |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016053938/https://books.catapult.co/books/the-book-of-ayn/ |url-status=live }}

In the 2000s, after drama school, Freiman traveled with Australia's Bell Shakespeare Company.{{cite web |last1=Watts |first1=Madeleine |title=An Interview with Writer Lexi Freiman |url=https://www.thebeliever.net/logger/an-interview-with-writer-lexi-freiman/ |website=The Believer |access-date=16 December 2024}} Later, she became an editor with George Braziller, and Persea Books.{{Cite web |date=2018-08-07 |title=Aussie Writers in New York Panel Discussion, September 6 |url=https://australianwomeninnewyork.org/2018/08/07/aussie-writers-in-new-york-panel-discussion-september-6/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=AWNY {{!}} Australian Women in New York |language=en}}

In 2013, Freiman was an Emerging Writer Fellow with The Center for Fiction.{{Cite web |title=The Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellowship Alumni |url=https://centerforfiction.org/grants-awards/nyc-emerging-writers-fellowship/nyc-emerging-writers-fellowship-past-fellows |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=The Center for Fiction |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602144329/https://centerforfiction.org/grants-awards/nyc-emerging-writers-fellowship/nyc-emerging-writers-fellowship-past-fellows/ |url-status=live }}

Her first novel, Inappropriation, was published in 2018 by Ecco Press.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-01 |title=Inappropriation |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Inappropriation-/pid=9524623 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120032739/https://www.booklistonline.com/Inappropriation-/pid=9524623 |archive-date=2023-11-20 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Booklist}}{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=FreimanLauren |date=2018-05-15 |title=Inappropriation |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/inappropriation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120032849/https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/inappropriation |archive-date=2023-11-20 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Library Journal}}{{Cite web |date=2018-07-23 |title=Inappropriation by Lexi Freiman |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780062699732 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120032747/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780062699732 |archive-date=2023-11-20 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite news |last=Masad |first=Ilana |date=2018-07-27 |title=A Debut Novel Satirizes Contemporary High School Culture |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/books/review/inappropriation-lexi-freiman.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119183021/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/books/review/inappropriation-lexi-freiman.html |archive-date=2023-11-19 |access-date=2023-11-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} The novel was shortlisted for the 2019 New Australian Fiction Prize{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-08-20 |title=Readings announces 2019 New Australian Fiction Prize shortlist {{!}} Books+Publishing |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/08/20/138002/readings-announces-2019-new-australian-fiction-prize-shortlist/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU |archive-date=2022-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121211927/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/08/20/138002/readings-announces-2019-new-australian-fiction-prize-shortlist/ |url-status=live }} and longlisted for the 2018 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize{{Cite web |title=2018 First Novel Prize |url=https://centerforfiction.org/book-recs/2018-first-novel-prize-winner-short-list-and-long-list |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=The Center for Fiction |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127142025/https://centerforfiction.org/book-recs/2018-first-novel-prize-winner-short-list-and-long-list/ |url-status=live }} and the 2019 Miles Franklin Award.{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-05-22 |title=Miles Franklin 2019 longlist announced {{!}} Books+Publishing |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/05/22/133524/miles-franklin-2019-longlist-announced/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU |archive-date=2023-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608223701/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/05/22/133524/miles-franklin-2019-longlist-announced/ |url-status=live }}

In 2023, Catapult published Freiman's The Book of Ayn.{{Cite web |last=Chapman |first=Ryan |date=2023-11-14 |title=A 'canceled' author falls for a cringe icon in 'The Book of Ayn' (Rand, of course) |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-11-14/cancelled-author-falls-for-a-cringe-lit-icon-in-the-book-of-ayn-rand |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119091034/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-11-14/cancelled-author-falls-for-a-cringe-lit-icon-in-the-book-of-ayn-rand |archive-date=2023-11-19 |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-10 |title=The Book of Ayn |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lexi-freiman/the-book-of-ayn/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120032832/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/like-dislike/2000225472/ |archive-date=2023-11-20 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Kirkus Reviews}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=The Book of Ayn |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Book-of-Ayn-/pid=9781173 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120032849/https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Book-of-Ayn-/pid=9781173 |archive-date=2023-11-20 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Booklist}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-25 |title=The Book of Ayn by Lexi Freiman |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781646221929 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120032743/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781646221929 |archive-date=2023-11-20 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Publishers Weekly}}

As of 2023, Freiman also writes for Australian television.

Although she lived in the United States for a time, Freiman returned to Australia in 2020.

• {{Cite book |title=Inappropriation |publisher=Ecco Press |year=2018 |isbn=9780062847942}}
• {{Cite book |title=The Book of Ayn |publisher=Catapult |year=2023 |isbn=9781646221929}}

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• [https://lexifreiman.com/ Lexi Freiman - Author of Inappropriation: A Novel]
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