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Lena Dunham

Biography

Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham is the creator of the critically acclaimed HBO series "Girls," for which she also serves as executive producer, writer and director. She has been nominated for eight Emmy awards and has won two Golden Globes, including Best Actress, for her work on "Girls." She was the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America award for directorial achievement in comedy. Dunham has also written and directed two feature-length films (including Tiny Furniture in 2010) and is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

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Lena Dunham

Books by Lena Dunham

Famesick: A Memoir
by Lena Dunham - Memoir, Nonfiction

For the last decade, being the owner and operator of Lena Dunham’s body has felt, as she puts it, “like towing a wrecked car across town at midnight.” It’s not easy dragging a wrecked car anywhere, much less to the Met Gala while sewn into a gold lamé corset. Or to the set of the hit show that you --- as a 25-year-old --- are writing, directing, producing and starring in. Or to the White House, the Golden Globes, or your publicist’s office to discuss the latest internet disaster. As Dunham takes us through her journey, tracking her rise to fame --- from selling the pilot of "Girls" to the present in three acts, it becomes clear that the spotlight casts long shadows. When an endless supply of drugs can’t protect you from pain --- and begins to control your every move --- being famous doesn’t stand a chance against the darker corners of the human experience.

Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
by Lena Dunham - Entertainment, Essays, Memoir, Nonfiction

In NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL, Lena Dunham --- the acclaimed creator, producer and star of HBO’s "Girls" --- illuminates the experiences that are part of making one’s way in the world: falling in love, feeling alone, being 10 pounds overweight despite eating only health food, having to prove yourself in a room full of men twice your age, finding true love, and most of all, having the guts to believe that your story is one that deserves to be told.

Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" - Audiobook
written and read by Lena Dunham - Entertainment, Essays, Nonfiction

In NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL, Lena Dunham --- the acclaimed creator, producer and star of HBO’s "Girls" --- illuminates the experiences that are part of making one’s way in the world: falling in love, feeling alone, being 10 pounds overweight despite eating only health food, having to prove yourself in a room full of men twice your age, finding true love, and most of all, having the guts to believe that your story is one that deserves to be told.