American writer Annie Dillard (1945β2026) stopped writing after the publication of her 2007 novel The Maytrees, telling New York magazine, βIβm tired. I worked so hard all my life, and all I want to do now is read.β Dillard had experienced success early in her writing career, winning the Pulitzer Prize for her nonfiction book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, which she published in 1974 when she was 28 years old.
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