Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Mary Norris (copy editor)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Mary Norris


Role
  
Author


Books
  
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen

The nit picking glory of the new yorker s comma queen mary norris


Mary Norris (born February 7, 1952) is an American author, writer and copy editor for The New Yorker.

Contents

Mary norris and jane caro why does i come before e except after c


Early life

Mary Norris was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Rutgers University in 1974. She earned a masters in English from the University of Vermont.

Career

Norris joined the editorial staff at The New Yorker in 1978. She has been a query proofreader at the magazine since 1993. She has also been a contributor to "The Talk of the Town" and The New Yorker website.

Her first book, Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, was published by W. W. Norton & Co on April 6, 2015. She gave a TED talk at TED2016 on the same topic.

References

Mary Norris (copy editor) Wikipedia