Emily M. Danforth

{{Short description|American author (born 1980)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Emily M. Danforth | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|01|17}} | birth_place = Miles City, Montana, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | language = | nationality = | alma_mater = University of Montana (MFA)<br>University of Nebraska–Lincoln (PhD) | period = | genre = Young adult, LGBT | subject = Coming-of-age, bildungsroman | movement = | notableworks = ''The Miseducation of Cameron Post'' | spouse = | partner = Erica E. Edsell | awards = | website = {{URL|emdanforth.com}} }}

'''Emily M. Danforth''' (born January 17, 1980) is an American writer.

==Early life and education== Danforth was born and raised in Miles City, Montana.<ref>{{cite news|last=Danforth|first=Emily M.|title=Growing Up Gay in the 1990s: Has That Much Changed for Today's Gay Youth?|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emily-m-danforth/gay-youth_b_1308193.html|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=February 28, 2012}}</ref> She attended Hofstra University, where she came out.<ref>{{cite news|last=Minzesheimer|first=Bob|title=New voices: Emily Danforth's 'Cameron Post'|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/story/2012-03-07/new-voices-emily-danforth-cameron-post/53407032/1|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 7, 2012}}</ref> She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Montana and earned her Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with her wife.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sittenfeld|first=Curtis|title=The Best Novel About a "De-Gaying Camp" Ever Written|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/02/the_miseducation_of_cameron_post_by_emily_danforth_a_conversation_between_the_writer_and_novelist_curtis_sittenfeld_.single.html|newspaper=Slate|date=Feb 8, 2012|authorlink=Curtis Sittenfeld}}</ref>

==Novels== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=January 2025}} Her debut novel, ''The Miseducation of Cameron Post'', was published in February 2012. This book became the basis for a 2018 film with the same name.

Her second novel, published in 2020, is ''Plain Bad Heroines''. The book is set in a Rhode Island boarding school and the Los Angeles film industry.

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==External links== *[https://www.emilymdanforth.com/bio Danforth's biography on her website] *[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4916529.Emily_M_Danforth Author profile] on Goodreads *{{Twitter}}

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