FLANNERY O'CONNOR (1925-1964) was born in Savannah, Georgia. She
earned her MFA at the University of Iowa, but lived most of her
life in the South, where she became an anomaly among post-World War
II authors: a Roman Catholic woman whose stated purpose was to
reveal the mystery of God's grace in everyday life. Her
work--novels, short stories, letters, and criticism--received a
number of awards, including the National Book Award.
Lauren Groff is the author of five novels: the instant New York
Times bestseller The Vaster Wilds, and two National Book Award
Finalists, Matrix and Fates and Furies; as well as Aradia and The
Monsters of Templeton. Her story collections include Florida,
winner of The Story Prize and a finalist for the National Book
Award, and Delicate Edible Birds. She has twice been a finalist for
the Kirkus Prize, as well as for the National Book Critics Circle
Award, the LA Times Book Prize, and the Orange Prize for New
Writers. She was a Guggenheim Fellow, a Radcliffe Fellow, a Fellow
at the American Academy in Berlin, and was named one of Granta's
2017 Best Young American Novelists. She lives in Gainesville,
Florida, with her husband and sons.
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