Margaux Fragoso

Margaux Artemia Fragoso (/ˈmɑːrɡoʊ frəˈɡoʊsoʊ/; April 15, 1979 – June 23, 2017) was an American author, best known for the memoir Tiger, Tiger.[1][2]

Margaux Fragoso
BornApril 15, 1979 (1979-04-15)
West New York, New Jersey, United States
DiedJune 23, 2017 (2017-06-24) (aged 38)
Mandeville, Louisiana, United States
LanguageEnglish
Alma materNew Jersey City University
Binghamton University
GenreAutobiography
Years active2011–17
Notable worksTiger, Tiger: A Memoir
SpouseSteve McGowan
Tom O’Connor
Children1

Early life

Fragoso was born to a working-class family and grew up in Union City, New Jersey. Her father was a Puerto Rican jeweler who had a bad temper and drank heavily, while her mother, who was of Swedish, Norwegian and Japanese descent,[3] suffered from severe mental illness, necessitating several hospitalizations. From the age of seven, Fragoso was groomed and sexually abused by a middle-aged man, given the pseudonym "Peter Curran" in her memoir "Tiger, Tiger".[4]

Career

Fragoso attended New Jersey City University and then Binghamton University, earning a Ph.D. in 2009. In 2011, she published Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir, which became a bestseller.[5]

Personal life and death

Fragoso was married twice, to Steve McGowan, with whom she had a daughter, and in 2010 married Tom O'Connor. She died of ovarian cancer in 2017, aged 38.[6][7][8]

References
  1. "'Tiger, Tiger' Author Shocks With Memoir of Affair With Pedophile". ABC News.
  2. Cardell, Kylie; Douglas, Kate (April 1, 2013). "Indecent Exposure? Margaux Fragoso and the Limits of Abuse Memoir". Prose Studies. 35 (1): 39–53. doi:10.1080/01440357.2013.781347. S2CID 162087684.
  3. Schudel, Matt (June 27, 2017). "Margaux Fragoso, author of searing memoir of childhood sexual abuse, dies at 38". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 12, 2022. Her mother "was a mix of Norwegian, Swedish, and Japanese," Ms. Fragoso wrote in "Tiger, Tiger," who obsessively compiled scrapbooks about disasters.
  4. "Graphic tale of abuse suggests seducer's in control from beyond the grave". Belfasttelegraph – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  5. Schudel, Matt (June 27, 2017). "Margaux Fragoso, author of searing memoir of childhood sexual abuse, dies at 38" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  6. Journal, Caitlin Mota | The Jersey (June 27, 2017). "Margaux Fragoso, child-sex-abuse victim and author, dead at 38". nj.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Roberts, Sam (June 27, 2017). "Margaux Fragoso, Memoirist Who Wrote Hauntingly of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 38". The New York Times.
  8. "Margaux Fragoso author biography". BookBrowse.com.
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