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Alice Walker

Biography

Alice Walker

Alice Walker, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, is a canonical figure in American letters. She is the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR, HORSES MAKE A LANDSCAPE LOOK MORE BEAUTIFUL, THE WAY FORWARD IS WITH A BROKEN HEART, NOW IS THE TIME TO OPEN YOUR HEART, and many other works of fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Her writings have been translated into more than two dozen languages, and more than 15 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide. 

Alice Walker

Books by Alice Walker

by Alice Walker

By the Light of My Father's Smile is Alice Walker's first novel in six years--a stunning, original, and important book by "one of the best American writers of today" (The Washington Post).