Siri Hustvedt

Siri Hustvedt was born in 1955 in Northfield, Minnesota. She studied literature at Columbia University and earned a doctorate with a dissertation on Charles Dickens. As a writer, she published novels, essays, and poetry. Her best-known novels include What I Loved, which brought her international recognition, The Summer Without Men, The Blazing World, and Memories of the Future. Her essay collections include Living, Thinking, Looking, Being a Man, The Illusion of Certainty, and A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women.