Geraldine Brooks

Australian-born Geraldine Brooks is an author and journalist who grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2006 for her novel “March”. Her novels “People of the Book,” “Caleb’s Crossing,” and “The Secret Chord” all were New York Times bestsellers. Her first novel, “Year of Wonders,” is an international bestseller, translated into more than 25 languages and currently optioned for a limited series by Olivia Coleman’s production company. She is also the author of the nonfiction works “Nine Parts of Desire,” “Foreign Correspondence,” and “The Idea of Home.”

Brooks married fellow journalist and author Tony Horwitz in Tourrettes-sur-Loup, France, in 1984. They were together until his sudden death in 2019. They have two sons, Nathaniel and Bizu. She now lives with a dog named Bear and a mare named Valentine by an old mill pond on Martha’s Vineyard.