From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Olivia Gentile
Olivia Gentile
Olivia Gentile family, and Gentile does not cast judgment but simply de-
scribes what she sees. By documenting the tension be-
Born June 13, 1974 (1974-06-13) tween the obligation to others and the obligation to one-
Washington, D.C., USA
self, Gentile has written a book as much about the life of
Genres Non-fiction women as about a woman’s life.”[8]
Spouse(s) Andy Borowitz
[[1]. [2].]
External links
[1] "Bio site". Oliviagentile.com.
Olivia Gentile is an American author. Her first book, Life http://www.oliviagentile.com. Retrieved October
List, was published in April 2009 by Bloomsbury USA and 27, 2010.
tells the true story of Phoebe Snetsinger, a housewife and [2] USD.C, Eastern New York - Systems Department.
cancer survivor from St. Louis who saw more bird species "Home". Nyed.uscourts.gov.
than anyone in history.[1] http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/. Retrieved October
Previously, Gentile was a reporter for The Hartford 27, 2010.
Courant (1999–2001) and The Rutland Herald (1996–1999). [3] "Home". Oliviagentile.com.
She supported herself while writing Life List by working http://www.oliviagentile.com/. Retrieved October
as a part-time assistant to a federal judge in Brooklyn, the 27, 2010.
Hon. Raymond J. Dearie.[2][3] [4] "Home". Oliviagentile.com.
Gentile grew up in Washington, D.C. and graduated http://www.oliviagentile.com/. Retrieved October
from Harvard in 1996. She earned an M.F.A. in nonfiction 27, 2010.
writing from Columbia in 2003.[4] [5] "Borowitz Report". Borowitz Report.
In January 2008 Gentile married Andy Borowitz, the http://borowitzreport.com/. Retrieved October 27,
comedian and writer whose main outlet is the popular 2010.
website The Borowitz Report.[5] They live in New York City [6] "Home". Oliviagentile.com.
but spend much of their time upstate, in the rural Hud- http://www.oliviagentile.com/. Retrieved October
son Valley.[6] 27, 2010.
In a prepublication review, the scientist and author of [7] "Life List: A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most
Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond, wrote of Life List, Amazing Birds (9781596911697): Olivia Gentile:
“ Except for one thing, this book would rate as a ” Books". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/
great adventure novel and fictional psycho- dp/1596911697. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
logical portrait, about a woman’s obsession [8] "Life List - CSMonitor.com". Christian Science
with bird-watching, its effect on her relation- Monitor. April 15, 2009.
ships with her husband and her four children, http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2009/04/
and the horrifying mishaps that she survived 15/life-list/. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
on each continent—until the last mishap. But Persondata
the book isn’t that great novel, because in- Name Gentile, Olivia
stead it’s a great true story: the biography of
Phoebe Snetsinger, who set the world record Alternative names
for bird species seen, after growing up in an Short description
era when American women weren’t supposed Date of birth June 13, 1974
to be competitive or have careers. Whether or
Place of birth
not you pretend that it’s a novel, you’ll enjoy
this powerful, moving story.[7] Date of death
Place of death
On April 15, 2009, Life List was favorably reviewed in The
Christian Science Monitor: "That Snetsinger flew the coop
was both a point of pride and a point of friction for her
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