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Novelist Anne Tyler was born #OTD in 1941. One of America's greatest chroniclers of family life, marriage & the eccentricities of ordinary people. She wrote 24 novels including "The Accidental Tourist," 1985. She won the 1989 #Pulitzer Prize for #Fiction for "Breathing Lessons." #BookSky #LitSky

25/10/26, 2:03 pm131 reposts493 likes

Valerie A. Traina

@v3ndettaval.bsky.social

Anne Tyler is a truly gifted writer‼️❤️ And, obviously, a wonderful role model for girls and young women‼️👏

Neill Roberts

@robbo59.bsky.social

She is a joy.

auntiealove.bsky.social

@auntiealove.bsky.social

Searching For Caleb is one of my favorite over all books.

Fabienne

@fabiennem-thuet.bsky.social

Love her books! ♥️🍃

george-1788pow

@george-1788pow.bsky.social

Her husband was Iranian and she visited Iran with him to meet his family (1980s): this experience influenced some of her writing. Some of her novels have been translated into Farsi for readers in Iran, due to her husband's anti-Shah past (i.e. he was a refugee in the USA from 1959).