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STAGING AMERICA

Christopher Bigsby is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Arts. He is emeritus professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia. He has published more than fi ft y books including his two-volume biography of Arthur Miller, which was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Sheridan Morley Prize and the George Freedley Memorial Award. It was a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title and winner of the American Studies Network Prize. He is also a winner of the Bernard Hewitt Award and the Betty Jean Jones Award. He is the author of nine novels, including Hester (winner of the McKitterick Prize) and Beautiful Dreamer (American Library Association Notable Book), and, with Malcolm Bradbury, author of plays for television and radio. He has been a regular broadcaster for BBC radio.

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