Black and white photograph of Alexandra Marshall (also known as Alexandra Buxton) at Wheaton College (Norton, Mass). Alexandra was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, in 1944 and was educated at The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York. She received her B.A. in French from Wheaton College and then a master's degree in French from Teachers College at Columbia University. Ms. Marshall is married to the author James Carroll. Gus in Bronze is her first novel.