Thornton Wilder

The definitive biography of the great American playwright: a “fine-grained, sympathetic portrait” with a foreword by Edward Albee ( The New York Times ). Thornton Wilder—three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, creator of such enduring stage works as  Our Town  and  The Skin of Our Teeth , and beloved novels like  Bridge of San Luis Ray  and  Theophilus North —was much more than a pivotal figure in twentieth century American theater and literature. He was also a traveler,