Born: 25-Oct-1941
Birthplace: Minneapolis, MN

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Accidental Tourist

Husband: Taghi Mohammad Modarressi (psychiatrist, m. May-1963, d. 1997, two daughters)
Daughter: Tezh
Daughter: Mitra

    University: Duke University (graduated age 19)
    University: Columbia University (graduate work in Russian studies)
    Administrator: Librarian, McGill University

    Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1989 for Breathing Lessons

Author of books:
If Morning Ever Comes (1964, novel)
The Tin Can Tree (1965, novel)
A Slipping-Down Life (1970, novel)
The Clock Winder (1972, novel)
Celestial Navigation (1974, novel)
Searching for Caleb (1975, novel)
Earthly Possessions (1977, novel)
Morgan's Passing (1980, novel)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982, novel)
The Accidental Tourist (1985, novel)
Breathing Lessons (1988, novel)
Saint Maybe (1991, novel)
Ladder of Years (1995, novel)
A Patchwork Planet (1998, novel)
Back When We Were Grownups (2001, novel)
The Amateur Marriage (2003, novel)

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