When Augusten Burroughs released 2002's Running with Scissors-- his memoir about growing up in the mother of all dysfunctional families -- readers didn't know whether to drop their jaws in horror or hold their stomachs from laughing.Whatever reactions he gets from readers, Burroughs's gift for dishing on all things stranger than fiction has made him a bestselling author. I've been chatting with Susan Winters Smith, a long-time friend and patient of the controversial late psychiatrist portrayed as the near-crazy "Doctor Finch" in Augusten Burroughs's Running With Scissors. Sometimes your entire life has to come crashing down on top of you so that your best life can rise from the rubble. 2 of 3 Author and Southbury resident Augusten Burroughs will speak Burroughs 7 p.m. Oct. 14, 2019 at the The Mark Twain House and Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford. Running with Scissors, written and directed by Ryan Murphy, based on the book by Augusten Burroughs. Running with Scissors is based on the memoir of the same title by Augusten Burroughs. "Running with Scissors," Augusten Burroughs's memoir of a shattered childhood, has spent more than two years on the New York Times best-seller list, spawned a … This is How by Augusten Burroughs. Picador Australia, $27.99. Lust & Wonder. Augusten's most recent book chronicles his experience as a closeted lifelong witch, born into a family filled with witches. Running with Scissors is a 2002 memoir by American writer Augusten Burroughs.The book tells the story of Burroughs's bizarre childhood life after his mother, a chain-smoking aspiring poet, sent him to live with her psychiatrist. “Running with Scissors” remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over three consecutive years and was made into a Golden Globe-nominated … Augusten Burroughs (b. Christopher Robison on October 23, 1965) is an American writer known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors (2002), which spawned a feature film of the same name. 58 talking about this. I wanted to ask some questions about the real-life doctor, who died in 2000 and is now being played by Brian Cox in a fairly successful movie version of the book. Augusten Burroughs. Toil & Trouble. Augusten Burroughs is the author of the autobiographical works “Running with Scissors,” “Dry,” “Magical Thinking,” “Possible Side Effects” and “A Wolf at the Table,” all of which were New York Times bestsellers. Official Facebook Page for #1 Bestselling Author, Augusten Burroughs By 1985, the newly-christened Augusten Burroughs had begun a new life far from his family and hometown of Amherst, Mass. In Burroughs' Family, One Saga, Three Memoirs, Many Competing Truths In Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs described his bizarre and brutal upbringing.And in … Running with Scissors spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. But I changed it to Augusten Xon Burroughs when I was 18." He has written a new book "Toil & Trouble," released Oct. 1, 2019.