Alison Lurie

|birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = Ithaca, New York, U.S. |period = 1962–2020 |education = Harvard University (BA) |occupation = |awards = Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1985) |spouse =
Edward Hower |children = 3 }} Alison Stewart Lurie (September 3, 1926December 3, 2020) was an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 1984 novel ''Foreign Affairs''. Although better known as a novelist, she wrote many non-fiction books and articles, particularly on children's literature and the semiotics of dress. Provided by Wikipedia