Geraldine Brooks

Geraldine Brooks earned the prestigious Overseas Press Club’s Hal Boyle Award in 1990 for her impactful reporting from the Persian Gulf as a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Having completed her Master’s degree at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1983, Brooks covered significant global events across Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East for the publication. Her distinguished journalism career paved the way for her literary debut with Nine Parts of Desire in 1994, an international bestseller based on her experiences among Muslim women. She continued this success with Foreign Correspondence in 1997, followed by her first novel, Year of Wonders, in 2001.

Recognizing her profound impact on literature, Geraldine Brooks was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2016. Looking ahead, she is collaborating with Kamala Harris on her highly anticipated political memoir 107 Days, slated for publication in 2025. Further testament to her enduring legacy, Brooks is set to receive the prestigious Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction in 2025, honoring her illustrious body of work and significant contributions to American letters.