![]() ![]() ĭoerr writes a column on science books for The Boston Globe and is a contributor to The Morning News, an online magazine.įrom 2007 to 2010, he was the Writer in Residence for the state of Idaho. It was runner-up for the 2015 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction and won the 2015 Ohioana Library Association Book Award for Fiction. ![]() It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2015. The book was a New York Times bestseller, and was named by the newspaper as a notable book of 2014. It received significant critical acclaim and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. His memoir, Four Seasons in Rome, was published in 2007, and his second collection of short stories, Memory Wall, was published in 2010.ĭoerr's second novel, All the Light We Cannot See, is set in occupied France during World War II and was published in 2014. His first novel, About Grace, was released in 2004. Many of the stories take place in countries within Africa and New Zealand, where he has worked and lived. Career ĭoerr's first book was a collection of short stories called The Shell Collector (2002). ![]() He earned an MFA from Bowling Green State University. ![]() He then majored in history at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, graduating in 1995. Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Doerr attended the nearby University School, graduating in 1991. He gained widespread recognition for his 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Anthony Doerr (born October 27, 1973) is an American author of novels and short stories. ![]()
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