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Gillian Anderson
Actress & Writer
Gillian Anderson is an American actress and writer who became famous around the world as FBI agent Dana Scully in The X-Files, a role that won her an Emmy. Her later work includes Stella Gibson in The Fall, Jean Milburn in Netflix’s Sex Education and Margaret Thatcher in The Crown, which brought her a second Emmy and a second Golden Globe. She has also won acclaim on stage, including as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. Her fiction includes the science fiction thriller A Vision of Fire.
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The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt · 2015 · Fiction
“Full disclosure: I am only partway through Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. But I can already tell it's going to be one of my favorites.” — via Article, October 2014
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
by Muriel Barbery · Fiction
“Witty and touching, this novel features two of my favorite female characters” — via Article, October 2014
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The Kitchen House
by Kathleen Grissom · Fiction
“A young Irish immigrant begins working in the kitchen of a Southern plantation. As an indentured servant, she straddles two worlds: the world of her white master and mistress, and that of her adoptive slave family. A unique and unforgettable novel.” — via Article, October 2014
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Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout · 2008 · Fiction
“Olive is a difficult woman to love, but love her I do.” — via Article, October 2014
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
by Jennifer Egan · 2011 · Fiction
“This is a novel about the interconnected lives of many people, but Sasha, a record executive's passionate and sticky-fingered personal assistant, always struck me as the main character. She views the objects she steals as collectively expressing "the raw, warped core of her life," and it's heartbreaking. No wonder this novel won a Pulitzer.” — via Article, October 2014
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The Time Traveler’s Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger · 2009 · Fiction
“Her devotion to Henry, who is paradoxically most present to her when he's absent, forces her to gain strength in her solitude.” — via Article, October 2014
