The memoir would ultimately remain on the New York Times bestseller list for over four consecutive years, eight months of which were spent in the #1 position. Running with Scissors was released in 2001 to virtually unanimous critical acclaim. It was also a publishing phenomenon that helped to ignite a kind of memoir fever in America and abroad. It is currently in development as a feature film.Īugusten's second book was a memoir. And Sellevision stands as Burroughs's only published novel. Never outlining or consciously structuring the book, Burroughs wrote, 'as fast as I could type, to keep up.' Seven days later, Augusten Burroughs had written his first book. But spurned by a compulsion he did not understand, Burroughs began to write a novel. A very successful advertising copywriter for over seventeen years, he was also an alcoholic who nearly drank himself to death in 1999. It Augusten Burroughs born Christopher Robison, son of poet and writer Margaret Robison and younger brother of John Elder Robison.īurroughs has no formal education beyond elementary school.

Burroughs has no formal education beyond elementary school. Augusten Burroughs born Christopher Robison, son of poet and writer Margaret Robison and younger brother of John Elder Robison.

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