Marya Hornbacher

{{Infobox writer | name = Marya Hornbacher | image =File:Marya Hornbacher cropped.jpg|alt=Cropped version of previous photo with Hornbacher and non-notable individual | imagesize = 175px | caption = Marya Hornbacher in 2013 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1974|4|4}} | birth_place = Walnut Creek, California, U.S.<ref name="wastedbook">Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia</ref> | spouse = Julian Beard (1996–1998) <br /> Jeff Miller (2002–2010)<ref name="madnessbook">Madness: A Bipolar Life</ref> | website = {{URL|http://www.maryahornbacher.com/}} }}

'''Marya Justine Hornbacher''' (born April 4, 1974) is an American author and freelance journalist.

Her book ''Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia'' is an autobiographical account of her struggle with eating disorders, written when she was twenty-three.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maryahornbacher.com/ |title=Home |website=maryahornbacher.com |access-date=October 1, 2007 |archive-date=May 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517073738/http://maryahornbacher.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> This is the book which originally brought attention to Hornbacher.<ref name=Oo1>{{cite news|last=Oo|first=Pauline|title=Pulitzer-nominated author offers insights on mental wellness|url=http://news.stkate.edu/articles/marya_hornbacher.html|access-date=25 February 2014|newspaper=St. Catherine University|date=4 October 2011}}</ref> It has been translated into sixteen languages and sold over a million copies in the U.S.

==Bibliography== Her first book was ''Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia''. This book was updated in May 2014, 15 years after the original date of publication, with a postscript by Hornbacher. "Hornbacher, an authority in the field of eating disorders, argues that recovery is not only possible, it is necessary. But the journey is not easy or guaranteed. With a new ending to her story that adds a contemporary edge, ''Wasted'' continues to be timely and relevant."<ref>{{cite web|title=Wasted Updated Edition|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062363626/wasted-updated-edition}}</ref>

Her second book is the critically acclaimed 2005 novel, ''The Center of Winter'', which follows a family in the aftermath of a suicide.

Her third book, published in April 2008, is a memoir titled ''Madness: A Bipolar Life'', which chronicles her bipolar disorder diagnosis.

Her fourth book, published in 2010, is the recovery handbook ''Sane: Mental Illness, Addiction, and the Twelve Steps'' written as a guide to working the Twelve Steps for people who have both addiction and mental illness.

Her fifth book, published in 2011, ''Waiting: A Nonbeliever's Higher Power'', explores spirituality and what that can mean to someone recovering - from addiction, mental illness, or both - who does not believe in God.

In an interview in August 2015 conducted by Adam Walhberg of ''Minnpost'', Hornbacher revealed the inspiration behind the new book she was working on. She spoke about "the new edition of DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) [which] was released and it created... an... uproar in psychiatry and brain science."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.minnpost.com/mental-health-addiction/2015/08/next-marya-hornbacher-book-coming-and-could-be-game-changer|title=The next Marya Hornbacher book is coming and could be a game-changer|website=MinnPost|date=August 5, 2015|access-date=2016-03-05}}</ref> In this book, she planned to write profiles of 12 people with mental illness to explore these philosophical issues on a more human level. ''We've Been Healing All Along'' was published in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35721173-we-ve-been-healing-all-along |title=We've Been Healing All Along|author=|date=|website=GoodReads |publisher=|access-date=2024-09-09|quote=}}</ref> As part of the research for this book, she interviewed approximately 1,500 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://seven-health.com/2018/10/131-interview-with-marya-hornbacher/#9 |title=Interview with Marya Hornbacher |author=|date=October 18, 2018|website=Seven Health |publisher=|access-date=2024-09-09|quote=}}</ref>

She has also edited several books.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199892178-echoing-selves |title=Echoing Selves: a memoir of madness and peace|author=|date=|website=GoodReads |publisher=|access-date=2024-09-09|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160749746-healer-in-heels |title=Healers in Heels|author=|date=|website=GoodReads |publisher=|access-date=2024-09-09|quote=}}</ref>

== Biography == Hornbacher was born in Walnut Creek, California, and raised in Edina, Minnesota. She is the only child of Jay and Judy Hornbacher, professional theatre actors and directors. When Hornbacher was fourteen years old, she was accepted into the prestigious arts boarding school Interlochen in northwest Michigan. She later enrolled in the University of Minnesota and started writing for the university's student newspaper ''The Minnesota Daily''. In the fall of 1992, she entered college at American University in Washington, D.C. She eventually obtained her degree in philosophy and poetics from the New College of California.

== Personal life == Hornbacher married Julian Daniel Beard in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/hornbacher-marya-1974|title=Hornbacher, Maria, 1974|author=|date=|website=Encyclopedia.com |publisher=|access-date=2024-09-09|quote=}}</ref> They divorced after the success of ''Wasted''. The marriage, and eventual divorce, is also discussed in ''Madness'' where she attributes the nuptial failure in part to problems with drugs and alcohol, and largely to her ill-managed bipolar disorder. Hornbacher then married Jeff Miller.

She has been sober since 2001. She was honored with a major award, the ASCAP Award for music journalism, for her profile of jazz great Oscar Peterson (published January 2005).<ref name=News1>{{cite web|title=New York Times bestselling author Marya Hornbacher to speak Oct. 28|url=http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/10/07/marya-hornbacher-2/|publisher=Appalachian State University|access-date=25 February 2014}}</ref> She is also a two-time fellow at Yale. She has also been awarded the Annie Dillard Award for Nonfiction, the Logan Fellowship for social justice journalism and the Fountain House Humanitarian Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecreativeindependent.com/people/marya-hornbacher |title=Maria Hornbacher |author=|date=|website=The Creative Independent |publisher=|access-date=2024-09-09|quote=}}</ref>

As of 2014, Hornbacher was working on several projects. She is currently working on a nonfiction book about sex and sexuality in literature. She is also completing a manuscript of poetry and a manuscript of essays and has a novel in the works. Along with her journalism and articles, she teaches in the graduate writing program at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B001H6J16U/about |title=Maria Hornbacher |author=|date=|website= Amazon |publisher=|access-date=2024-09-09|quote=}}</ref> She still publishes occasional journalistic pieces, as well as short fiction and poetry.

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== External links == * {{official|http://www.maryahornbacher.com}} * [https://gulfcoastmag.org/index.php?n=2&si=52&s=3232 "Rebecca" by Marya Hornbacher in "Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts" (26.1)] * [http://slushpilemag.com/?page_id=324 Poetry by Marya Hornbacher at Slush Pile Magazine] * [http://slushpilemag.com/?p=239 Fiction by Marya Hornbacher at Slush Pile Magazine]

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