Jane Hamilton

Jane Hamilton is an American novelist best known for her debut novel, "The Book of Ruth," which won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was selected by Oprah's Book Club. Her later novels, including "A Map of the World," "The Short History of a Prince," and "Disobedience," established her as a prominent literary fiction writer who lives and writes in Wisconsin.

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