Louisa May Alcott

A profile of the author of Little Women and other classics draws on extensive research using Alcott's journals and correspondence to cover such topics as her embrace of untraditional roles and her early death. By the National Book Critics Circle Award-nominated author of American Bloomsbury.

Susan Cheever is the best-selling author of more than a dozen books, including American Bloomsbury; the memoirs Note Found in a Bottle and Home Before Dark (about her father, John Cheever); and five novels. She has written for many publications including The New Yorker and The New York Times; her work has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and she has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Boston Globe Winship Medal, and an Associated Press Award. Cheever lives in New York City with her family. To learn more, visit www.susancheever.com.