Geraldine Brooks

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Geraldine Brooks is the New York Times bestselling author of “Caleb’s Crossing,” “People of the Book,” “March” (winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction), and “Year of Wonders,” and the nonfiction works “Nine Parts of Desire” and “Foreign Correspondence.” Her latest book, “The Secret Chord,” was published in 2015. Born and raised in Australia, she lives on Martha’s Vineyard.