Margaux Fragoso

Margaux Fragoso
BornMargaux Artemia Fragoso
April 15, 1979 (1979-04-15)
West New York, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJune 23, 2017 (2017-06-24) (aged 38)
Mandeville, Louisiana, U.S.
LanguageEnglish
Alma materNew Jersey City University
Binghamton University
GenreAutobiography
Years active2011–17
Notable worksTiger, Tiger: A Memoir
Spouse
Steve McGowan
​
(divorced)​
Tom O'Connor
​
(m. 2010)​
Children1

Margaux Artemia Fragoso (/ˈmɑːrɡoʊ frəˈɡoʊsoʊ/ MAR-goh frə-GOH-soh; April 15, 1979 – June 23, 2017) was an American author, best known for the memoir Tiger, Tiger.[1][2]

Early life

Fragoso was born to a working-class family and grew up in Union City, New Jersey. Her father was a Puerto Rican jeweler who had a bad temper and drank heavily. Her mother, who was of Swedish, Norwegian, and Japanese descent,[3] suffered from severe mental illness, necessitating several hospitalizations. From the age of seven, Fragoso was groomed and sexually abused by a middle-aged man, given the pseudonym "Peter Curran" in her memoir Tiger, Tiger.[4][5]

Career

Fragoso attended New Jersey City University and then Binghamton University, earning a Ph.D. in 2009. In 2011, she published Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir, which became a bestseller.[6]

Personal life and death

Fragoso was married twice. With her first husband, Steve McGowan, she had a daughter. In 2010 she married her second husband, Tom O'Connor.[7]

She died of ovarian cancer in 2017, aged 38.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "'Tiger, Tiger' Author Shocks With Memoir of Affair With Pedophile". ABC News.
  2. ^ Cardell, Kylie; Douglas, Kate (April 1, 2013). "Indecent Exposure? Margaux Fragoso and the Limits of Abuse Memoir". Prose Studies. 35 (1): 39–53. doi:10.1080/01440357.2013.781347. S2CID 162087684.
  3. ^ Schudel, Matt (June 27, 2017). "Margaux Fragoso, author of searing memoir of childhood sexual abuse, dies at 38". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 12, 2022. Her mother "was a mix of Norwegian, Swedish, and Japanese," Ms. Fragoso wrote in "Tiger, Tiger," who obsessively compiled scrapbooks about disasters.
  4. ^ "Graphic tale of abuse suggests seducer's in control from beyond the grave". Belfasttelegraph – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  5. ^ Harrison, Kathryn (2011-03-04). "The Man Who Molested Me". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  6. ^ Schudel, Matt (June 27, 2017). "Margaux Fragoso, author of searing memoir of childhood sexual abuse, dies at 38" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  7. ^ a b Journal, Caitlin Mota | The Jersey (June 27, 2017). "Margaux Fragoso, child-sex-abuse victim and author, dead at 38". nj.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Roberts, Sam (June 27, 2017). "Margaux Fragoso, Memoirist Who Wrote Hauntingly of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 38". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "Margaux Fragoso author biography". BookBrowse.com.