Annie Dillard (1945-2026) was born in Pennsylvania. She was a much-celebrated poet, novelist and essayist and author of thirteen books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She was a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She was awarded the 2014 National Humanities Medal for her work deepening the understanding of the human experience.

Dillard writes beautiful, mysterious prose and The Writing Life is as much about living life as it is about writing

Annie Dillard (1945-2026) was born in Pennsylvania. She was a much-celebrated poet, novelist and essayist and author of thirteen books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She was a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She was awarded the 2014 National Humanities Medal for her work deepening the understanding of the human experience.

Dillard writes beautiful, mysterious prose and The Writing Life is as much about living life as it is about writing

Annie Dillard (1945-2026) was born in Pennsylvania. She was a much-celebrated poet, novelist and essayist and author of thirteen books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She was a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She was awarded the 2014 National Humanities Medal for her work deepening the understanding of the human experience.

Dillard writes beautiful, mysterious prose and The Writing Life is as much about living life as it is about writing