Rebecca Knuth

Rebecca Knuth is a former University of Hawaii professor, an expert on censorship and cultural destruction, and the author of Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the 20th Century. After retiring in 2014, she transitioned into writing creative nonfiction. In 2024, she published Emily Dickinson Had to Have Curls: The Feminine Masks Forced on Women Writers; her memoir, London Sojourn (She Writes Press, 2026) recounts her experiences after moving to the UK. Now a full-time writer, Rebecca lives in Portland, Oregon, near her son and with her labradoodle.