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Teresa Carpenter




Teresa Carpenter is a former senior editor of the Village Voice where her articles on crime and the law won a Pulitzer Prize. She is the best-selling author of four books and editor of the Modern Library’s anthology of New York Diaries: 1609 – 2009. She lives in Greenwich Village with her husband, author Steven Levy, Wired's editor-at-large.

Hometown: Independence, Missouri.

Degrees: Bachelor of Arts in English literature, Graceland University; Master of Arts in journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia.

Passionate pursuits: Archery and Gardening

Motto: The truth can make people angrier than a lie. Tell it anyway.

Agent, Esther Newberg
International Creative Management