Winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Memoir/Autobiography
“A writer’s deeply moving and revelatory account of losing her younger son to suicide a little more than six years after her older son died in the same manner, an austere and defiant memoir of acceptance that focuses on facts, language and the persistence of life.” —Pulitzer Prize Judges’ citation
Winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
“A lively and detailed biography of two daughters of wealthy and influential Dutch landowners who colored our nation’s history, using present tense to tell their story and past tense to chronicle the dramatic sweep of the American Revolution.” —Pulitzer Prize Judges’ citation
