American · b. 1941
Anne Tyler has chronicled Baltimore families for half a century with affection and precision. Her 1989 novel "Breathing Lessons" won the Pulitzer Prize for its portrait of a long marriage on an ordinary day. Tyler rarely leaves her adopted city; she rarely needs to. Her novels find in domestic routines—clutter, misunderstandings, grudging accommodations—the full range of human comedy. The Booker Prize shortlisted "A Spool of Blue Thread" and "Redhead by the Side of the Road" continue her examination of American family life.