Who is this controversial Canadian-born American whose frank memoirs helped usher in the confessional style of autobiographical writing and whose disciple became a topic of James G. Kiernan's writing?
Mary MacLane Mary MacLane (May 1, 1881 – "c". August 6, 1929) was a controversial Canadian-born American writer whose frank memoirs helped usher in the confessional style of autobiographical writing. MacLane was known as the "Wild Woman of Butte".
Christopher Buckley (novelist) Christopher Taylor Buckley (born September 28, 1952) is an American political satirist known for writing "God Is My Broker", "Thank You for Smoking", "Little Green Men", "The White House Mess", "No Way to Treat a First Lady", "Wet Work", "Florence of Arabia", "Boomsday", "Supreme Courtship", "Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir" and, most recently, "The Relic Master: A Novel". He is the son of writer William F. Buckley Jr. and socialite Patricia Buckley.