Caroline Fraser is an American writer. She won the
2018 Pulitzer Prize
The 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2017 calendar year. Prize winners and nominated finalists were announced by Dana Canedy at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST on April 16, 2018.
''The New Yo ...
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, mostly known for the '' Little House on the Prairie'' series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood ...
.
Early life and education
Fraser was born in Seattle to a Christian Science family."Biography" carolinefraser.net. In 1979 she graduated from
Mercer Island High School
Mercer Island High School (MIHS) is a public high school located in Mercer Island, Washington, United States, as part of the Mercer Island School District.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,552 students and 77.5 ...
, and in 1987 she earned a PhD in English and American literature from
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
for a thesis entitled ''A Perfect Contempt: The Poetry of James Merrill''.
Career
Formerly on the editorial staff of the ''
New Yorker
New Yorker or ''variant'' primarily refers to:
* A resident of the State of New York
** Demographics of New York (state)
* A resident of New York City
** List of people from New York City
* ''The New Yorker'', a magazine founded in 1925
* '' The ...
'', Fraser's work has also appeared in ''
The Atlantic Monthly
''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
'' and ''
New York Review of Books
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...
Whitney Balliett
Whitney Lyon Balliett (17 April 1926 – 1 February 2007) was a jazz critic and book reviewer for '' The New Yorker'' and was with the journal from 1954 until 2001.
Biography
Born in Manhattan and raised in Glen Cove, Long Island, Balliett ...
, himself a former Christian Scientist, described the book as a "critical history that ... casts a clear, merciless light" on the religion.
Fraser's other books are ''Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution'' (2009), which presents a broad vision of global ecological conservation; and '' Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder'' (2017), the Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the life of
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, mostly known for the '' Little House on the Prairie'' series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood ...
. She is also the editor of the two volumes of the Library of America's ''Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Little House Books'' (2012).
Awards and honors
*2017
National Book Critics Circle Award
The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".2018 Pulitzer Prize
The 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2017 calendar year. Prize winners and nominated finalists were announced by Dana Canedy at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST on April 16, 2018.
''The New Yo ...
for Biography or Autobiography for ''Prairie Fires''
*2018 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for ''Prairie Fires''
Selected works
Books
*''Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder'', Metropolitan Books, 2017.
*(ed.), ''Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Little House Books'', Volumes 1 and 2, Library of America, 2012.
*''Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution'', Metropolitan Books, 2009.
*''God's Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church'', Metropolitan Books, 1999.