Darin Strauss

Quick Facts

Full Name	Darin Strauss
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Mar 1, 1970(1970-03-01)
Age	54
Birthplace	Roslyn Harbor
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Pisces

Darin Strauss Biography

Darin Strauss is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on March 1, 1970 in Roslyn Harbor, New York, United States. A American writer of fiction He is most well-known for his novels, including The Real McCoy, Chang and Eng, as well as Half a Life. He was named the 2011 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Writer Author Nick Hornby praised Strauss’s literary work. praised Strauss’s work as a writer.

His ALA Alex Award-winning, best-selling 2000 first novel Chang & Eng, – a runner-up for the Barnes & Noble Discover Award, the Literary Lions Award, a Borders Award winner, and a nominee for the PEN Hemingway award, among others – is based on the lives of the famous conjoined twins Chang and Eng. Chang & Eng was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, a Newsweek Best Book of the Year, among others. The rights to the novel were optioned to Disney, for the director Julie Taymor; the actor Gary Oldman purchased the rights from Disney. Strauss and Oldman are together adapting Chang and Eng for the screen.

Strauss’s second book, The Real McCoy (2002), was based on the life of the boxer Charles “Kid McCoy.” “The Real McCoy” was named a New York Times Notable Book,” and one of the “25 Best Books of the Year,” by the New York Public Library.

He was married to Susannah Meadows, a New York Times columnist. He and Meadows were parents to identical twins.

Darin Strauss Net Worth

Darin Strauss is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Darin Strauss 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Tufts University. He was a professor of writing in New York University.

He won the Guggenheim Fellowship for Fiction Writing.

Darin Strauss (born March 1, 1970) is a best-selling American writer whose work has earned a number of awards, including, among numerous others, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Strauss’s most recent book is Half a Life, which won the 2011 NBCC Award for memoir/autobiography.

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Who is Darin Strauss Dating?

According to our records, Darin Strauss married to Susannah Meadows. As of December 1, 2023, Darin Strauss’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Darin Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Darin Strauss celebrates birthday on March 1 of every year.

Who is Darin Strauss grandfather?

In 1966, Ball and Darin’s grandfather, Isidore “Izzy” Strauss , happened to be guests at a ceremony on Coney Island. The real estate developer Fred Trump, our president’s father, wanted everyone to see his demolition of Steeplechase Park.

Who is Darin Strauss?

Darin Strauss is the internationally bestselling author of the novels Chang and Eng, The Real McCoy, and More Than it Hurts You, and most recently a memoir Half a Life.

Is the Queen of Tuesday a true story?

The Queen of Tuesday—Strauss’s follow-up to Half a Life, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award— mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel , to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew.

Who wrote The Queen of Tuesday?

Darin Strauss