Booth Tarkington

Booth Tarkington was a celebrated American novelist and dramatist who gained popularity for his notable works such as The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. His remarkable literary achievements were recognized by the Pulitzer Prize committee, making him one of the only three novelists in history to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction multiple times, alongside William Faulkner and John Updike. Booth Tarkington lived from July 29, 1869, to May 19, 1946.