Alice Walker

Born: 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia

• Alice Walker was the eighth child of African American sharecroppers

• She discusses unique topics in her writings

  • Mentions topics of her past, her dreams, and the suffering around her as a child

  • Her writings often incorporate the lessons she learned on the farm: patience and integrity

• As a student, Walker wrote her first book of poetry: Once in 1968

• She finished her first novel called, The Third Life of Grange Copeland while in Mississippi

• Wrote five more novels:

  • Meridian

  • The Color Purple

    • Won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award

  • The Temple of My Familiar

  • Possessing the Secret of Joy

  • By the Light of My Father's Smile

• • She currently lives in Northern California.