Syrie James

Syrie James. Writer: The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte. Syrie was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, to Morton and Joann (Schwartz) Astrahan. Her name is pronounced "seer-ee" and was inspired by a character in a radio show that her mother listened to as a little girl. Syrie's father, Morton Astrahan, was a leader in computer science, working as a research engineer in Northwestern University's Microwave Lab and then for IBM,...