Geraldine Brooks

Year of Wonders is the first work of fiction written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks.

Geraldine Brooks was a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal in the Middle East for eleven years. She covered the Persian Gulf War, and spent time in Bosnia and Somalia. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague was her first work of fiction. It was published in ten countries and was a 2001 Notable Book of the Year for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Chicago Tribune. Her second novel, March, Brooks was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She is also the author of two acclaimed works of nonfiction, Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women, and Foreign Correspondence: A Pen pal’s Journey from Down Under to All Over. Her most recent novel, People of the Book, was a New York Times bestseller.

Born and raised in Australia, Brooks lives with her husband, Tony Horwitz, and their son in Massachusetts. She was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University in fall 2005.

To learn more about Geraldine Brooks Visit:

• Geraldine Brooks Website
• Geraldine Brooks in NoveList
• Wikipedia Entry for Geraldine Brooks
• Geraldine Brooks on Goodreads
• Penguin Speakers Bureau – This site provides multiple links to reviews & interviews with Brooks about other books she has written.

Interviews with Geraldine Brooks:

• Geraldine Brooks, All Over the Map
• Author interview on BrookBrowse.com
• Geraldine Brooks & Muslim women
• Author Interview on Penguin.com

Here is a short video showing Geraldine Brooks speaking at the 2008 National Book Festival:

Books written by Geraldine Brooks:

• Nine Parts of Desire
• Foreign Correspondence
• Year of Wonders
• March
• People of the Book