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Geraldine Brooks
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1955-09-14 ) 14 September 1955 (age 70) , Sydney , New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation
- Journalist, writer
- Citizenship
- Australian and American
- Education
- University of Sydney ( BA ), Columbia University ( MA )
- Genre
- Historical fiction
- Spouse
- Tony Horwitz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ; died 2019 )
- Children
- 2, incl. Nathaniel Horwitz
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Official website
Geraldine Brooks Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Memorial Days official website
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2006 for her novel March, her novels People of the Book, Caleb’s Crossing, The Secret Chord and Horse all were New York Times Bestsellers
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Geraldine
- Family name
- Brooks
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Sydney
- Spouse
- Tony Horwitz
- Occupation
- author
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Employer
- The Wall Street Journal
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Field of work
- writer
- Official website
- www.geraldinebrooks.com
- Image
- Geraldine Brooks at National Book Festival 2025.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Sydney
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- date of birth
- 1955-09-14
- nominated for
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- name in native language
- Geraldine Brooks
- social media followers
- 3292
- Commons category
- Geraldine Brooks (writer)
- described at URL
- www.ubudwritersfestival.com/writers/geraldine-brooks
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Encyclopedic overview
Geraldine Brooks AO (born 14 September 1955) is an Australian-American journalist and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 2005 novel March.
Early life and education
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