Alison Lurie

Born September 3, 1926

From Chicago, Illinois, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction and nonfiction

Alison Lurie is a Pulitzer Prize–winning author of fiction and nonfiction. Born in Chicago and raised in White Plains, New York, she joined the English department at Cornell University in 1970, where she taught courses on children’s literature, among others.

Quotes

“You come to a certain age and you know there is no event that can ruin your life. Or completely change it.”
From an interview with Sally Vincent, as cited in "What you always knew", The Gu

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Books by Alison Lurie in order

Books by Alison Lurie in the order they were published, from Love & Friendship (1962) to The Language of Houses (2014).

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David LodgeA British novelist of academic satire, whose campus novels share Lurie's interest in romance and faculty rivalry.
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Maurice SendakA children's author and illustrator whose books read as serious, sometimes subversive, works for children, of the kind Lurie discusses in her criticism.