Hilary Thayer Hamann

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hilary Thayer Hamann
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Nov 7, 1962(1962-11-07)
Age	62
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Scorpio

Hilary Thayer Hamann Biography

Hilary Thayer Hamann is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on November 7, 1962 in New York, United States. American author. She is most well-known for her 2003 novel, Anthropology of an American Girl. It focuses on a teenage girl’s search for meaning and identity. Her 2006 educational text, Categories–On The Beauty of Physics was also published.

The first novel she wrote, Anthropology of an American Girl is often compared with J.D. Salinger’s classic novel The Catcher in the Rye is her most famous.

Hilary Thayer Hamann (born November 7, 1962, in New York City) is an American author. Her first novel, Anthropology of an American Girl, is the story of a search for authenticity told in the first-person voice of teenaged protagonist Eveline Auerbach. The semi-autobiographical literary novel contains an examination of the social and cultural pressures that prevent individuals from living meaningfully. It was self-published in 2003, and then edited and re- released in 2010 by Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House, both times to critical praise. The novel has been compared to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye.

Hamann was the assistant to former New York City Ballet principal dancer Jacques d’Amboise, who founded the National Dance Institute (NDI) and served as its artistic director, and to whom Hamann’s second book on arts and education is dedicated. While at NDI, Hamann oversaw script and project development and she produced a short film titled We Real Cool, which was directed by Academy Award-winner Emile Ardolino and based on the Gwendolyn Brooks poem of the same name. Hamann began to write while working freelance jobs in New York’s publishing, independent film, and television industries. She co-wrote, co-produced, and acted in an experimental 16mm film about a female artist and a vampire, In Full Cry (1988).

James Benard was her husband. She and Benard were parents to three children before divorcing.

Hilary Thayer Hamann Net Worth

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

She graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and worked as a freelance writer and editor.

She was one the founding members of New York University’s Tisch East Alumni Council.

Library Journal called the novel “Henry James meets the 21st Century,” “intelligent and insightful.” Also according to Library Journal, “Eveline, or Evie, is not a stereotypical ‘American Girl’; nor is the book a standard coming-of-age story.”

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Hamann co-owned a product, print, and graphic design and production company based in Soho, New York City. It was this experience that inspired Hamann to start Vernacular Press, an independent publishing company with a focus on content development and book packaging. The small press was launched with the publication of Anthropology of an American Girl. Vernacular Press closed in 2007.

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Hilary Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Hilary Thayer Hamann celebrates birthday on November 7 of every year.

Hamann is co-writer, creative and editorial director of Categories—On the Beauty of Physics (2006), a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary educational text that uses imagery to facilitate the reader’s encounter with challenging material. She worked with physicist Emiliano Seffusati, PhD, who wrote the science text, and collage artist John Morse, who created the original artwork. Categories is a book about physics that uses literature and art to stimulate the wonder and interest of the reader. It is intended to promote scientific literacy, foster an appreciation of the humanities, and encourage readers to make informed and imaginative connections between the sciences and the arts.