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Allegra Huston

Allegra Huston, English-American author and screenwriter

Born
August 26, 1964
Age in 2026
62
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1964

About Allegra Huston

Allegra Huston (born 26 August 1964) is a British-American author, editor, and writer based in Taos, New Mexico. She is the author of Write What You Don't Know (with James Navé), the book of the Imaginative Storm creative writing method; Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found, and the novel A Stolen Summer (Say My Name in hardback); as well as How to Edit and Be Edited and How to Read for an Audience (with James Navé). She is also the screenwriter and producer of the short film Good Luck, Mr. Gorski, and producer of the short film Why Am I? Together with poet and educator James Navé, Huston co-founded the Imaginative Storm writing method and co-authored the book and online course Write What You Don’t Know. Her first novel, Say My Name, was published by HarperCollins. Huston has lived for many years in Taos, New Mexico, where she raised her son Rafael Patrick Gerónimo Niño de Ortíz Ladrón de Guevara.

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The world when Allegra Huston was born

Allegra Huston was born in 1964. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1964

  • #1 song"I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles
  • Top movieMy Fair Lady
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold – John le Carré

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentCassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) defeats Sonny Liston
  • Top headlineCivil Rights Act signed into law
  • Technology milestoneIBM System/360 mainframe computer launched
  • Defining fadBeatlemania
  • Notable inventionBASIC programming language
  • World population3.27 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population191.9M

1964 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Allegra Huston's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19642026
Gas$0.30$3.45/gal
Average home$13,350$435,000
Average income$8,600$67,500
Minimum wage$1.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.86$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population191.9M341 million

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