In 2006 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her novel March. Later she worked for the Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. She worked for the Sydney Morning Herald and in 1982 she won the Greg Shackleton scholarship to the journalism master’s program at Columbia University. Geraldine Brooks is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist behind works such as March, Year of Wonders and Foreign Correspondence. Her latest release, Horse, is a sweeping narrative that weaves together three encounters with Lexington, the greatest racehorse in US history, to explore the legacy of racism and slavery in America.Įnjoy the very best of Montalto’s winter produce with a stunning warming lunch whilst Brooks discusses her latest novel Horse, what drew her to the story of Lexington, as well as her own illustrious career.Īustralian-born Geraldine Brooks is an author and journalist who grew up in Sydney’s western suburbs. Presented in partnership with The Wheeler Centre.
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