1987 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography Winner and Nominees

Chaucer: His Life, His Work, His World

Donald Howard

In this award-winning biography, the editor of the most popular edition of The Canterbury Tales re-creates the public, private, and poetic life and times of this extraordinary man. 16-page photo insert….

An American Childhood

Annie Dillard

ed., Don’t Tread on Me: The Selected Letters of S.J. Perelman

Prudence Crowther

Private Domain

Paul Taylor

Timebends: A Life

Arthur Miller