Born April 30, 1945 as Meta Annie Doak in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she attended the all-girls Hollins College in Virginia where as a sophomore she married her writing professor, the poet R. H. W. Dillard.
She won the Pulitzer Prize (non-fiction) in 1975 with her first book of prose, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, which is an extended meditation on her observations of the natural world. Some have called it a work of mysticism or theology. This combination of observations on nature and philosophical explorations is also present in several of her other books, including For the Time Being and Holy the Firm.
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- The Ecotheology of Annie Dillard: A Study in Ambivalence By Pamela A. Smith; an article in Cross Currents, the journal of the Association for Religion and Intellectual Life.
- EarthSaint: Annie Dillard Sample article from past issue of EarthLight Magazine; includes selections from Dillard's books.
- Official Annie Dillard Website A site maintained by Dillard herself, provides contact information as well as complete bibliographic information and a curriculum vitae.
- Annie Dillard Offers a bibliography, biographical timeline, and comments by Dillard on other authors.
- Dots in Blue Water Recording of a commentary written and read by Dillard on the unimaginable number of lives claimed by the 2004 Asian tsunami.
- Movie-Map: Annie Dillard A visual representation mapping out Annie Dillard’s relation to other major authors.