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Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her bestselling novels include Breathing Lessons, The Accidental Tourist, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Ladder of Years, Back When We Were Grown-ups, Digging to America, A Spool of Blue Thread, Clock Dance, Redhead by the Side of the Road and French Braid. In 1989 she won the Pulitzer Prize; in 1994 she was nominated by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby as 'the greatest novelist writing in English'; and in 2012 she received the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. In 2015 A Spool of Blue Thread was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the Booker Prize; and in 2020 Redhead by the Side of the Road was longlisted for the Booker Prize.
Quietly magical... Tyler turns the stuff of everyday life — work, marriage, family — into something truly special -- James Walton * The Times * A masterly portrait of a divorced couple brought together by their daughter’s wedding... characters so alive they could be sitting next to you telling you what happened to them last Tuesday – and the ending is a beauty... a wise, wonderful book -- Tom Shone * Observer * Perfect for diving into on a lazy afternoon * Independent, *Books to Look Out For 2025* * This novel goes down like a cold glass of wine on a warm summer’s afternoon… a wryly funny comedy of manners -- Anna Bonet * i * Sublimely written and beautifully observed -- Joanne Finney * Good Housekeeping * What a perfect book to come out the day before Valentine's Day! -- JACQUELINE WILSON A wry, joyful tale, complete with a cupid-like cameo for a haughty cat * Mail on Sunday * Anne Tyler is a novelist who always pleases. She treats her characters with respect and, usually, affection… Her books are intelligent and sympathetic * Scotsman * Witty, thoughtful and brilliantly character-driven -- Zoe West * Woman's Weekly * Tyler's sentences are wholly hers, instantly recognisable and impossible to duplicate -- HANYA YANIGIHARA
