Augusten Burroughs

Born October 23, 1965

From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction and nonfiction

Augusten Xon Burroughs is an American writer known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors (2002).

Books by Augusten Burroughs in order

Books by Augusten Burroughs in the order they were published, from Sellevision (2000) to Chloe and Crow (2023).

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