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Alison Lurie
AuthorBio
Alison Lurie (1926–2020) was 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. Her first novel, Love and Friendship (1962), is a story of romance and deception among the faculty of a snowbound New England college. It won favorable reviews and established her as a keen observer of love in academia. It was followed by the well-received The Nowhere City (1966) and The War Between the Tates (1974). In 1984, she published Foreign Affairs, her best-known novel, which traces the erotic entanglements of two American professors in England. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985. Her most recent novel is The Last Resort (1998). In addition to her novels, Lurie’s interest in children’s literature led to three collections of folk tales and two critical studies of the genre. Lurie officially retired from Cornell in 1998, but continued to teach and write in the years following. In 2012, she was awarded a two-year term as the official author of the state of New York.Alison Lurie Books
Words and Worlds
Alison LurieThe Language of Houses
Alison LurieForeign Affairs
Alison LurieThe War Between the Tates
Alison LurieThe Truth About Lorin Jones
Alison LurieLove and Friendship
Alison LurieThe Nowhere City
Alison LurieReal People
Alison LurieThe Last Resort
Alison LurieWomen and Ghosts
Alison LurieLolly Willowes
Sylvia Townsend WarnerTruth and Consequences
Alison LurieBoys and Girls Forever
Alison LurieThe Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson BurnettPeter Pan
J. M. Barrie