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Born	October 25, 1941 (age 85) • Minneapolis • Minnesota
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works	“A Patchwork Planet” • “A Spool of Blue Thread” • “Breathing Lessons” • “Celestial Navigation” • “Clock Dance” • “Digging to America” • “Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant” • “French Braid” • “If Morning Ever Comes” • “Ladder of Years” • “Redhead by the Side of the Road” • “Saint Maybe” • “Searching for Caleb” • “The Accidental Tourist” • “The Beginner’s Goodbye” • “The Clock Winder” • “Tin Can Tree, The” • “Vinegar Girl”