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Geraldine Brooks
Author of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning March and the International Bestselling People of the Book
Geraldine Brooks was for eleven years a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, where her beats included some of the world’s most troubled areas, including Bosnia, Somalia, and the Middle East. Her fiction debut, Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, was published in ten countries and was a 2001 Notable Book of the Year for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. For her second novel, March, Brooks was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She is also the author of two acclaimed works of nonfiction, Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women, and Foreign Correspondence: A Penpal’s Journey from Down Under to All Over. Her novel, People of the Book, instantly became a New York Times bestseller.
Her newest novel is Caleb's Crossing.
Geraldine Brooks was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University in fall 2005. She has been named the latest recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement. Born and raised in Australia, Brooks lives with her husband, Tony Horwitz, and their son in Massachusetts.
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Press Links
"Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks Discusses Latest Novel in Savannah"
Savannah Morning News
"A Passion For The Past: 2011's Best Historical Fiction"
NPR's All Things Considered
"People of the Book is 2012 One City, One Story Selection"
Pasadena Now
"March Author Geraldine Brooks Shares Insights at Fort Collins Reads Event"
The Coloradoan
"Puritan Girl has Forbidden Friend"
The Free Lance-Star
Caleb's Crossing Review
The New Zealand Herald
"Reader Q&A with Geraldine Brooks"
The New Zealand Herald
Caleb's Crossing Review
The Washington Times
"The Power of Words"
The New Zealand Herald
"Geraldine Brooks on Caleb's Crossing"
The Takeaway
"Caleb's Crossing: Geraldine Brooks' Novel of 17th-century Martha's Vineyard"
The Seattle Times
Geraldine Brooks Interview
Blog Talk Radio's Word Smitten
"Small talk: Geraldine Brooks"
Financial Times
"Novel Gives Voice to First Native Grad from Harvard"
Calgary Herald
"Caleb's Crossing: A Piece of History Gets Turned into Fiction"
The Star Phoenix
Geraldine Brooks Interview
ABC Sydney's Drive with Richard Glover
Geraldine Brooks' Novel, Caleb's Crossing, Tells of a Friendship That Transforms Two Lives
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Review of Caleb's Crossing
WBUR Radio
"Stanford Freshmen to Debate War Ethics in 2011 'Three Books' Program"
Stanford University News
Caleb's Crossing Review
Richmond Times Dispatch
Caleb's Crossing Review
New Zealand Herald
"The Audio Book Club on Caleb's Crossing"
Slate
"Geraldine Brooks Melds Rich Truths with a Rich Imagination"
Cape Cod Times
"Caleb's Crossing: The Story of Harvard's First Native American Graduate"
Pubic Radio International
Geraldine Brooks Interview
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Geraldine Brooks Interview
The Australian
"Book Talk: Weaving a Novel from a Thread of History"
Reuters
"Geraldine Brooks: Crossing from One World to the Other"
New Zealand Herald
"Brooks Explores Shards of History"
Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Lateline
"Geraldine Brooks Brings 17th Century America to Life"
The Miami Herald
Geraldine Brooks Interview
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Caleb's Crossing Review
Los Angeles Times
"Three of this Month's Best Novels"
The Christian Science Monitor
Caleb's Crossing Review
The Washington Post
"Geraldine Brooks: Love, Faith and Fiction"
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
"Geraldine Brooks Talks Caleb's Crossing"
ABC Melbourne's Drive with Lindy Burns
"Geraldine Brooks’s Pilgrims and Indians"
The New York Times Book Review
"Pulitzer Winner Explores Clashing Cultures"
The San Diego Union-Tribune
"Crimson and Clover"
The Boston Globe
Caleb's Crossing Named Editor's Choice
The New York Times
"Author Brings 17th Century America to Life"
Dayton Daily News
"Conversation: Geraldine Brooks’s Research Fuels her Writing"
The Washington Post
"Tales of the Unexpected"
The Australian
"Brooks Wins Literary Peace Prize"
The New York Times
People of the Book Chosen for One Book One Lincoln 2009
Press Release
Trailer for People of the Book from Geraldine Brooks' UK publisher
Book Trailer
Geraldine Brooks Interview with Kerry O'Brien
ABC News
"Ancient Mysteries Revealing an Ancient People"
Houston Chronicle
People of the Book Review
The Washington Post
People of the Book Review
Los Angeles Times
"'People of the Book: An Erudite 'Da Vinci Code'"
USA Today
"The Miracle of the Book"
The San Diego Union-Tribune
"700 Years In the Life Of a Book"
The New York Sun
Penguin Publishes Geraldine Brooks' March
Press Release
Geraldine Brooks Wins Pulitzer Prize for March
Press Release
"Brooks Draws on Own Reporting for Novel"
NPR
“Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks on People of the Book”
San Francisco Chronicle
Geraldine Brooks Interview
Houston Chronicle
Featured Book
Caleb's Crossing
"...a thoroughly engaging and tantalising portrait of a brief moment when two cultures might have come together to live in harmony."
—The Times (London)
Speaking Topics
- The Art of the Historical Novel: Making Fiction from Fact
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