Anne Tyler (born October 25, 1941) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. novelist. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tyler grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, graduated at age nineteen from Duke University, and completed graduate work in Russian studies at Columbia University in New York City. She worked as a librarian and bibliographer before moving to Maryland. In 1963, Tyler married Iranian psychiatrist and novelist Taghi Mohammad Modarressi, with whom she had two daughters, … Wikipedia
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Tyler's latest novel focuses on two households--one white, the other Iranian-American--who are brought together when they each adopt a Korean baby. www.metacritic.com/books/authors/tyleranne/diggingtoamerica
