Caroline Fraser is an acclaimed American writer and editor best known for her meticulous biographies and insightful contributions to literary nonfiction. She is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of *Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder*, which was also awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography and widely praised for its vivid exploration of American history and mythmaking. Fraser’s earlier work includes *Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution* and *God’s Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church*, both celebrated for their depth of research and narrative power. Fraser’s writing has appeared in *The New Yorker*, *The Atlantic Monthly*, *The New York Review of Books*, and other leading publications. Her ability to fuse scholarly rigor with engaging storytelling has earned her a reputation as one of today’s foremost literary biographers. She holds a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Harvard University and has served as the editor of the *Library of America*’s two-volume edition of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s work. Whether illuminating the American frontier or probing the intersections of faith and culture, Fraser’s work resonates with readers and critics alike.