Allegra Huston
Allegra Huston | |
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| Born | 26 August 1964 London, England |
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| Nationality | British American |
| Period | 2009–present |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Notable works | Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found |
| Children | 1 |
| Parents | Enrica Soma (mother) John Huston (adoptive father) John Julius Cooper (biological father) |
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Allegra Huston (born 26 August 1964) is a British-American author, editor, and writer based in Taos, New Mexico.
She is the author of Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found and the novel A Stolen Summer (Say My Name in hardback), How to Edit and Be Edited. She is also the screenwriter and producer of the short film Good Luck, Mr. Gorski.[1]
Biography
Huston was born on 26 August 1964 in London, England. Her mother was ballerina Enrica Soma, and her father was John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich.[2] When Huston was four, her mother died in a car crash in early 1969 and she subsequently moved to Ireland, where she was raised by her mother's estranged husband, film director John Huston.[2]
Personal
Huston is the mother of a son, Rafael.[3]
Published works
- Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found, published in April 2009 by Simon & Schuster (US) and Bloomsbury (UK).[4][5][6]
- Say My Name: A Novel (London: HQ, July 2017; New York: MIRA, January 2018), republished in paperback as A STOLEN SUMMER (2019)
- Write What You Don't Know: 10 Steps to Writing with Confidence, Energy, and Flow (with James Navé)[7]
- Twice 5 Miles Guides: How to Edit and Be Edited and How to Read for an Audience (with James Navé)[8]
References
- ^ GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKI. Retrieved 8 May 2024 – via vimeo.com.
- ^ a b Huston, Allegra (4 June 2011). "Secrets and Lies: Life as a Hollywood Love Child". The Independent. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ Allegra Huston. Allegra Huston. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ New Book Releases, Bestsellers, Author Info. & More at Simon & Schuster Archived 6 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Books.simonandschuster.com. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ [1] Archived 29 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Khan, Urmee. (5 April 2009) Allegra Huston speaks of the shock at discovering she was the love child of a Lord. The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ Write What You Don't Know: 10 Steps to Writing with Confidence, Energy, and Flow. Twice 5 Miles. 27 November 2022.
- ^ "How-to books offered by Huston and Navé". 13 November 2018.