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Tara Westover

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American historian and author

United StatesWritersBorn 1986 · age 40
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Tara Westover is an American memoirist, essayist and historian. Her memoir Educated (2018) debuted at No.

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2021National Humanities Medal

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Tara Westover is an American memoirist, essayist and historian. Her memoir Educated (2018) debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list and was a finalist for a number of national awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, PEN America's Jean Stein Book Award, and two awards from the National Book Critics Circle Award. The New York Times ranked Educated as one of the 10 Best Books of 2018. Westover was chosen by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of 2019.

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United States
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living
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Born 1986 · age 40
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26 languages

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