Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic.
She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1941.
She graduated from Duke University with a degree in Russian Literature.
She moved to New York City to attend Columbia University for graduate school, but returned to Baltimore after a year.
She has published 24 novels, including Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, The Accidental Tourist, and Breathing Lessons.
She has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize.
She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.