Frank McCourt

Frank McCourt

male, 79 years old
American, author, limerick, A Couple of Blaguards, teacher, memoir…NationalBookCriticsCircleAward
Frank McCourt was one of those teachers who fell into the job whilst secretly wishing he could do something else (in his case, a writer - an...
Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler

female, 68 years old
Columbia University, NationalBookCriticsCircleAward, Maryland writer, from the Triangle, North Carolina, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner
Anne Tyler (born October 25, 1941) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. novelist. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tyler grew up in Raleigh, North...
Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson

female, 62 years old
University of Washington alumni, The Death of Adam Essays on Modern Thought, The New York Times Book Review, From Idaho, Iowa writer, PEN/Hemingway Award…National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, NationalBookCriticsCircleAward
Marilynne Robinson (born 1947) is an American author. She was born and grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho, and did her undergraduate work at Pembroke...
Anne Fadiman

Anne Fadiman

female, 56 years old
At Large and At Small Familiar Essays, Women essayist, Radcliffe College, Radcliffe College alumni, Essayist, NationalBookCriticsCircleAward
Anne Fadiman (born August 7, 1953) is an American author, editor and teacher. A native of New York, Anne Fadiman is the daughter of the renowned...
John Cheever

John Cheever

male, deceased (1982)
Wapshot, Bullet Park, The Wapshot Scandal, Bisexual writer, new england, falconer…NationalBookCriticsCircleAward, National Book Award winner
John Cheever (May 27, 1912-June 18, 1982) was an American novelist and short story writer, sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs." His...
Daniel Mendelsohn

Daniel Mendelsohn

male
new york magazine, Barnes and Noble, American Library Association, salon, The Paris Review, National Jewish Book Award…NationalBookCriticsCircleAward
Daniel Mendelsohn (born 1960 in Long Island) is a critic and author. Mendelsohn graduated with a B. A. in Classics from the University of Virginia,...
Katha Pollitt

Katha Pollitt

female, 60 years old
Anti-catholicism, New York Times, Jewish person, Radcliffe College alumni, Glascock Prize winner, American…NationalBookCriticsCircleAward
Katha Pollitt (born October 14, 1949 in New York City) is an American feminist writer.
Michael Dorris

Michael Dorris

male, deceased (1997)
Scholar, academia, Essayist, memoirist, NationalBookCriticsCircleAward, National Book Critics Circle
Michael Anthony Dorris (January 30, 1945 - April 11, 1997) was a prominent Native American novelist and scholar. His most famous works include the...
Elaine Pagels

Elaine Pagels

female, 66 years old (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
Harvard Centennial Medal recipient, Gnostic Gospels, Princeton University faculty, Harvard University, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Christian Church…National Book Critics Circle, NationalBookCriticsCircleAward, National Book Award
Elaine Pagels, is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she is best...