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Donna Tartt

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Donna Tartt is an American novelist born in Mississippi. Tartt is especially noted for her debut novel, The Secret History (1992), and her third book, The Goldfinch (2013), winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Tartt first attended the University of Mississippi, where her talent caught the eye of Willie Morris, another OA contributor and venerable Southern literary figure. Morris would serve as a friend and mentor for years to come.

Articles

Issue 2, Fall 1992

Basketball Season

Did I really care if we won or lost? No matter how enthusiastically I jumped and shouted, the answer to this was unquestionably No.

By Donna Tartt
Issue 30, November / December 1999

Spirituality in the Modern Novel

So for saints as well as poets, inspiration often strikes hardest when one isn’t looking for it—and, in that sense, it’s a coup de foudre, like falling in love.

By Donna Tartt