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Alice Austen

Alice Austen won the John Cassavetes Award for her debut film Give Me Liberty (writer/producer). She is a past resident of the Royal Court Theatre and her internationally produced plays include Animal Farm (Steppenwolf Theatre), Water, Cherry Orchard Massacre, and Girls in the Boat. She studied creative writing under Seamus Heaney at Harvard, where she received her JD, after which she moved to Brussels and lived on Place Brugmann. Her latest book is the novel 33 Place Brugmann. Austen currently lives in Milwaukee and is working on a new film.

33 Place Brugmann book cover with illustration of a 4 story home and with people in the windows and trees in front.