Geraldine Brooks was born and raised in Sydney. As a foreign correspondent she covered crises in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans, and authored two works of non-fiction, Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence, before turning to fiction. Her novels Year of Wonders and People of the Book were international bestsellers, and her second novel, March, won the Pulitzer Prize. Her most recent novel, Caleb’s Crossing, was published in 2011. She currently lives on the island of Martha’s Vineyard with her husband and two sons.