Diane Middlebrook

Diane Middlebrook
Born
Diane Helen Wood

April 16, 1939
Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.
DiedDecember 15, 2007 (age 68)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • University professor
  • author
  • poet
GenreBiography
Notable worksAnne Sexton, A Biography (1991)
Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton (1998)
Her Husband: Ted Hughes & Sylvia Plath, a Marriage (2003)

Diane Helen Middlebrook (née Wood; April 16, 1939 – December 15, 2007) was an American biographer, poet, and teacher. She taught feminist studies for many years at Stanford University. She wrote critically acclaimed biographies of poets Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath (along with Plath's husband Ted Hughes), and jazz musician Billy Tipton.

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