Alice Walker
Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for The Color Purple. Her other bestselling novels include The Third Life of Granger Copeland, Meridian, By The Light of My Father's Smile , and The Temple of My Familiar . She is also the author of several collections of short stories, essays and poems as well as children's books. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Alice Walker now lives in Northern California.