DANIELLE L. MCGUIRE is one of the fastest rising stars in the field of American history. Her dissertation on the subject at the heart of At the Dark End of the Street was the recipient of the Organization for American History's 2008 Lerner-Scott Prize and was a runner-up for the 2007 Allan Nevins Prize for Literary Distinction in the Writing of History. Her 2004 Journal of American History article, "It Was Like We Were All Raped," won the Organization of American History's Louis Pelzer Memorial Prize for best article in American history by a graduate student; and was selected for inclusion in the 2006 Best American History Essays. She was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison before going on to receive her Ph.D. from Rutgers University. She is an assistant professor in the History Department at Wayne State University and lives in Detroit, Michigan. |
