Anthony Doerr

Anthony Doerr (born 1973) is an American author of novels and short stories. He gained widespread recognition for his 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Early life and education

Raised in Novelty, Ohio,^[1] Doerr attended the nearby University School, where he graduated in 1991. He then majored in history at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where he graduated in 1995, and earned an MFA from Bowling Green State University.^[2]

Career

Doerr's first published book was a collection of short stories called Shell Collector (2002). Many of the stories take place in Africa and New Zealand, where he has worked and lived. He wrote another book of short stories called Memory Wall (2010). His first novel, About Grace, was released in 2004. Doerr then wrote a memoir, which was published in 2007.

Doerr's second novel, All the Light We Cannot See, set in occupied France during World War II, was published in 2014. It received significant critical acclaim and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction.^[3] The book was a New York Times bestseller and was named by the newspaper as a notable book of 2014.^[4] It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2015.

Doerr also writes a column on science books for the Boston Globe and is a contributor to The Morning News, an online magazine.

From 2007 to 2010, he was the writer-in-residence for the state of Idaho.^[5][6]

Personal life

Doerr is married with twin sons and lives in Boise, Idaho.

Bibliography

Novels

• About Grace (2004) ISBN 978-0-7432-6182-1
• All the Light We Cannot See (2014) ISBN 1476746583

Short story collections

• The Shell Collector^[7] (2002) ISBN 1439190054
• Memory Wall (2010) ISBN 978-1-4391-8280-2

Memoirs

• Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World^[8] (2007) ISBN 978-1-4165-4001-4

Awards

• Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, for The Shell Collector
• Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy in Rome
• 2003: New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, winner, The Shell Collector
• 2005, 2011: Ohioana Book Award for About Grace and Memory Wall, respectively
• 2010: Guggenheim Fellowship
• 2011: The Story Prize, winner, Memory Wall
• 2011: Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, winner, 'The Deep'^[9][10]
• 2014: finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction
• 2015: Pulitzer Prize for All the Light We Cannot See

References

External links

• Official website
• Video: The Story Prize reading with Yiyun Li and Suzanne Rivecca. March 2, 2011.