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Carol Gilligan, whose landmark classic In a Different Voice revolutionized the study of girls, women, and human psychology, is a University Professor at New York University. She is the author of the novel Kyra and a number of books on psychology, women's and girls' development, and listening to how people speak about their lives. She did her undergraduate work in English literature at Swarthmore and her graduate work in psychology at Harvard, where she was the first Graham professor of Gender Studies and taught for over 30 years. In 1996 Time magazine named her one of the 25 most influential Americans and in 2025 she received the Kyoto Prize in arts and philosophy. She lives in New York City and Massachusetts with her husband and the very old dog of their youngest son.
“A literary tour de force and an imaginative rendition of the themes that have always occupied Carol Gilligan, including the role of gender, especially in intimate relationships, and a questioning of the patriarchal reading of the world. But for all its wide-ranging themes, Solstice is first and foremost an irresistible read, an immersive story of a group of characters who are impinged upon by real-life events in addition to their own interior motives and impulses. Gilligan brings her wisdom, empathy, and humor to bear upon the conflicts and desires that stir in each of us, and in so doing helps show us a way toward embracing the pleasures and connections that link us to this embattled world.”—Daphne Merkin
