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Sophy Burnham SOPHY BURNHAM GREW UP IN THE HORSE COUNTRY OF
MARYLAND, ATTENDED PRIVATE GIRLS' SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED FROM SMITH
COLLEGE IN NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, WITH HONORS IN ITALIAN
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. SHE WROTE HER THESIS ON THE WRITER ITALO
SVEVO (A FRIEND OF JAMES JOYCE) AND THE NATURE OF REALITY. AFTER
COLLEGE, SOPHY TOOK A JOB AS A CLERK AT THE SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION, AND WHEN SHE LEFT SIX YEARS LATER, WAS HEAD OF THE
ORGANIZATION'S NEWLY ESTABLISHED FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIOS. SHE
PRODUCED TWO FILMS AND A TV PROGRAM FOR THE SMITHSONIAN, ONE OF
WHICH WAS SENT TO THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL. THE SMITHSONIAN
PUBLISHED HER FIRST "BOOK," A PAMPHLET ON THE EXHIBITS.  SHE
DECIDED, BY SELLING ARTICLES TO MAGAZINES AND IN A FEW YEARS HAD
PUBLISHED IN ESQUIRE, NEW YORK, REDBOOK, TOWN AND COUNTRY, THE
READER'S DIGEST AND THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE. NOW FULLY IMMERSED
IN THE WRITING WORLD, SOPHY, AT THE AGE OF 33, FINISHED HER FIRST
NONFICTION BOOK, THE ART CROWD, AN EXPLOSIVE WORK OF INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTING THAT EXPOSED THE CORRUPTION OF THE CONTEMPORARY ART
MARKET OF DEALERS, AUCTIONS, CRITICS, COLLECTORS AND MUSEUMS. IT
WAS HER FIRST BESTSELLER. IN THE PROCESS, SOPHY SO IMPRESSED HER
PUBLISHING HOUSE, DAVID MCKAY, THAT SHE BEGAN PART-TIME WORK THERE
AS AN ACQUISITIONS EDITOR.  SOPHY DIVIDES HER TIME BETWEEN
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND TAOS, NEW MEXICO. SHE DELIGHTS IN SPENDING
TIME WITH FRIENDS, HER DAUGHTERS AND FOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS AND WITH
HER BEAUTIFUL HORSE. SOPHY IS A PROLIFIC PUBLIC SPEAKER, FREQUENTLY
GIVING WORKSHOPS AND TALKS ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM THE
SPIRITUAL... www.sophyburnham.com

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