Lily Brooks-Dalton
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Lily Brooks-Dalton | |
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| Born | August 18, 1987 Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | University of Massachusetts Amherst (BA) Portland State University (MFA) |
Lily Brooks-Dalton (born August 18, 1987) is an American writer. She is most recently the author of The Light Pirate, which was the Runner-Up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in 2023 and a Good Morning America book club pick.[1] Her first novel, Good Morning, Midnight, was made into the film The Midnight Sky[2] and her memoir, Motorcycles I've Loved, was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award.[3]
She was born and raised in southern Vermont. She left high school at 15 and received her Associate Degree at 17 from the Community College of Vermont.[4] Brooks-Dalton later earned a BA at the University of Massachusetts Amherst[5] and a MFA at Portland State University.[6]
Career
Her first book, Motorcycles I've Loved: A Memoir, published in 2015 by Riverhead,[7] was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Her second book and first novel, Good Morning, Midnight, was published the next year by Random House[8] and has been translated into twenty languages,[9] with a film adaptation released as The Midnight Sky in December 2020, starring and directed by George Clooney.[10] Her third book, The Light Pirate, also a novel, was published in 2022.[11]
