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Also Known As Carol Warner
Born June 2, 1935 • Oak Park • Illinois
Died July 16, 2003 (aged 68) • Victoria • Canada
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works “A Fairly Conventional Woman” • “Happenstance” • “Small Ceremonies” • “Swann: A Mystery” • “The Box Garden” • “The Republic Of Love” • “The Stone Diaries” • “Unless”
John Updike
John Updike
American author
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
American author
Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
Willa Cather
Willa Cather
American author
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James Agee
American author
Junot DĂ­az, 2008
Junot DĂ­az
Dominican-born American writer
John Cheever
John Cheever
American author
Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler
American writer
Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan
American author
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Edward P. Jones
American author
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American author
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver
American author and activist
Kingston, Maxine Hong
Maxine Hong Kingston
Chinese-American author
Conrad Aiken.
Conrad Aiken
American writer
William Carlos Williams, wearing glasses and a bow tie, sits indoors holding a book with bookshelves and cabinets in the background, circa 1955.
William Carlos Williams
American poet
Portrait of Stephen Vincent Benet wearing round glasses, a suit, and tie, looking directly at the camera against a plain background.
Stephen Vincent BenĂŠt
American writer
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Reynolds Price
American writer
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
American writer
Portrait of John Steinbeck in a suit and tie, looking downward with a serious expression.
John Steinbeck
American novelist

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