![]() ![]() His first book, Sellevision (2000), is a story that centers on a few people who are all affiliated with a home shopping network called Sellevision. He left the industry to pursue his aspirations as a writer. ![]() In 1989, he was invited to work for Ogivy & Mather in New York and over time worked his way up to high-paying positions and maintained a successful advertising career for nearly 18 years. According to his website, instead of working in the technology industry, Burroughs moved to San Francisco and got a job in the advertising industry, becoming the youngest copywriter in the city at nineteen. His brother, John Elder Robison, is a New York Times Bestselling author.īurroughs dropped out of school in the sixth grade at age 17, he received his GED in Computer Programming and System's Analysis and Design, and at age 18 he officially changed his name to Augusten Xon Burroughs. His father worked at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst as the head of the Philosophy Department and his mother is a writer and poet. ![]() His parents were Margaret Robison and the late James G. ![]() Augusten Xon Burroughs was born on Octoin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with the name Christopher Robison. ![]()
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