Bronwyn Carlton

Carlton broadcasting from Hoboken NJ in WFMU fundraiser in 2008

Bronwyn Carlton is an American comic book author, editor, and radio DJ. She has written a number of DC Comics titles, including Catwoman and The Books of Faerie, as well as the Paradox Press imprint title, The Big Book of Death.[1]

She has worked as an editor for both DC and Marvel. At DC she worked on both the Paradox Press and Piranha Press imprints; at Marvel she worked on the Marvel Knights line.

In 2008, she was featured in the documentary film Guest of Cindy Sherman.[2]

She is also a DJ for WFMU, a free-form radio station in New Jersey. She has hosted various shows since late 1988, including "Truck Stop Tea Party," and currently hosts "Sportsy Talk with Bronwyn C.& Jim the Poet."

Carlton has spoken publicly about her experience with prosopagnosia ("face blindness"),[3] and is an advocate for recognition of that condition as a disability.

Personal life

Carlton was born on January 27, 1952. [4] In 1970, as Nancy Carlton, she graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa).[5] Ms. Carlton furthered her education by attending Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in psychology/animal behavior.[6] She has been married to illustrator Sean Taggart since 1991.[7]

Notes

  1. "The Big Book of Death". www.amazon.co.uk. ISBN 978-1563891663. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  2. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2988470/
  3. "Quirky Minds: Forgetting Faces". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  4. Taggart Bronwyn, United States Public Records at FamilySearch Accessed March 9, 2016.
  5. http://www.alhs70.com/20thbio.pdf Abraham Lincoln High School, Class of 1970, 20th Anniversary (Nancy "Bronwyn" Carlton's bio is on pages 7 & 8.) Published in 1990, retrieved March 9, 2016.
  6. Bronwyn Taggart (aka Bronwyn Carlton) at LinkedIn; Accessed March 9, 2016.
  7. Bronwyn Carlton Wed in Brooklyn at the New York Times; published March 18, 1991; retrieved August 13, 2013

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