Tara Westover Bio

                                                                   Tara Westover

                       Author Biography

Born:     September 27, 1986(Age 33).
Occupation:      Essayist And Historian.
Education:    Brigham Young   University  (BA)Trinity College(MPhil, Ph.D.)
Genre:    Memoir.

Personal Life: Tara Westover was Born In Clifton, Idaho on September 27, 1986. She Has 6 elder siblings. Her parents don't trust doctors, hospitals, public schools, and Govt. Westover was never taken to hospital. She registered for a birth certificate when she was Nine. Westover and Her siblings Homeschooled by their mother. She learns To read with The Help of her Elder brother. She wants to Enter the larger world when she was a teenager so she attended College. Doing well In the ACT exam she studied Independently. She got Admission to Brigham University and awarded Scholarship although she never attended high school.

In 2009, Westover Told Her parents she has been abused by her Elder brother. Her parents didn't support her and told that Westover was under the influence of satan.

Book :
• Educated (2018)
•Publisher:   Random House.
•Page:   325
Educated debuted Top 1 On the New York Times Bestseller List. It was A finalist For A number Of National Award.

Award     :

•Bill Gates's Holiday Reading list.
•Westover chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of 2019.
Named the Book of the Year by the American Booksellers Association
•Finalist for the John Leonard Prize from the National Book Critics Circle
•Finalist for the Autobiography Award from the National Book Critics Circle
•Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize in Biography
•Finalist for PEN/America's Jean Stein Award
•Finalist for the American Booksellers Association Audiobook of the Year Award
•Finalist for Barnes & Noble's Discover Great Writers Award
•One of the New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2018
•Long-listed for the Carnegie Medal of Excellence
•Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Autobiography
•Winner of the Audie Award for Autobiography/Memoir
•Alex Award from the American Library Association
•Named an 'Amazing Audiobook for Young Adults' by the American Library Association
•Amazon Editors' pick for the Best Book of 2018^[25]
•Apple's Best Memoir of the Year
•Audible's Best Memoir of the Year
•Hudson Group Best Book of the Year

•Education named one of the Best Books of the year by The Washington Post, Oprah Magazine, Time, NPR, Good Morning America, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, The Economist, The Financial Times, The New York Post, The Skimm, Bloomberg, Real Simple, Town & Country, Bustle, Publishers Weekly, The Library Journal, Book Riot, and the New York Public Library.

President Barack Obama's pick for summer reading and his Favorite Books of the Year list.

•Featured speaker, Seattle Arts & Lectures, 2019.


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