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DonnaTarttHavingturnedseveralheadswithherrefinedandambitiousfirstnovelTheSecretHistory,DonnaTarttkeptadmirerswaitingnearlyadecadebeforedeliveringasecondnovel.WithTheLittleFriend,sheprovedthatshe'shardlyaone-hitwonder.BiographyDonnaTarttexcelsatturningplacesofordinaryprivilegeintoplacestingedbyanxietyanddeath.Inherfirstnovel,TheSecretHistory,asmallliberalartscollegeinNewEnglandbecomestheplaygroundforadangerous,elitecliqueofscholars;inhernextnovel,TheLittleFriend,Mother’sDayinasmallMississippitownservesasthebackdropforthediscoveryofanine-year-oldboy’shanging.ThoughshehaswrittenseveralshortstoriesandessaysformagazinessuchasHarper’sandtheOxfordAmerican,littlehasbeenseenofTarttsincethepublicityblitzthataccompaniedTheSecretHistory’spublicationin1992.Thebookbecameabestseller,andcriticswerereservedlyenthusiastic.TartthadtakenonalotinTheSecretHistory.Itwaspartlyathriller,partlyacritiqueofacademe,andwasdenselypackedwithliteraryreferencesfrombothclassicalGreekandcontemporaryliterature.SomethoughtTartthadbittenoffmorethanshecouldchew,butshestillearnedpraiseforhersheerthematicambitionandherabilitytocreateatmosphereandadrivingpace.Ultimately,thebookwasenoughtoestablishtheMississippiwriterasatalentworthwatching,andtoinspireahandfulofdevotionalwebsitesthatdutifullyenumeratedherfew-and-far-betweenpublications.TheTarttshortstoriesthathavesinceappearedinmagazinesshowaglimpseofthetalentthatwowedprofessorsatUniversityofMississippi–aChristmaspageantgoescriminallyawry,aformerchildstargoesonwhatheconsidersadoomedvisittoahospitalizedchild–andheressaysfurtherrevealherskewedperspective.Finally,in2002andadecadeafterthedebutthatmadeherasensation,TarttpublishedTheLittleFriend.Thepremise,a12-year-oldgirl’sefforttoavengethemurderofherolderbrother,showsthatTartthasnotshiedawayfromherexplorationofthedarknessesthatlieunderneathseeminglyharmlessfacades.GoodToKnowTartt'sclassmatesatBenningtonCollegeincludedthewritersBretEastonEllisandJillEisenstadt.ItwasElliswhointroducedTartttohisagent,Amanda"Binky"Urban;anditwasUrbanwhostartedabiddingwarforTheSecretHistorythatscoredTarttareported$450,000advance.SouthernwriterWillieMorriswasamentorforTarttatUniversityofMississippi,whereshespentherfreshmanyear.Morris,whohadreadsomestoriesofTartt’s,introducedhimselfandtoldher,“Ithinkyou’reagenius.”Hegotherenrolledinagraduatewritingseminar,andlaterencouragedhertotransfertoBennington.Drawingontheircollegedays,whenTarttwouldholdalcoholic"teas"inherdormroom,Elliscalledhisclassmate"theonlypersonIknowwhocoulddrinkmeunderthetable"ina1992VanityFairarticle.PerhapsTartt'sstaminahadsomethingtodowithherearly"medicine"forthefrequentillnessescausedbytonsilsthatwereoverdueforremoval.Presidingashernurse,Tartt'sgreat-grandfathergaveherregulardosesofwhiskeyandcoughsyrupcontainingcodeine."Betweenthefeverandthewhiskeyandthecodeine,"wroteTarttinaHarper'sessay,"Ispentnearlytwoyearsofmychildhoodsubmergedinaprettypowerfullyalteredstateofconsciousness."SignedfirsteditionsofTheSecretHistorynowrunaround$100.FilmrightstoTheSecretHistoryweresoldtodirectorAlanPakula;butPakuladiedin1998,andtheprojectlanguisheduntilGwynethPaltrowexpressedinterest.ThefilmisnowreportedlyinproductionatMiramaxundertheactress,withPaltrow'sbrotherJakesettodirect.Tarttonthedelaybetweenbooks,totheBBC:"Ican'twritequickly.IfIcouldwriteabookayearandmaintainthesamequalityI'dbehappy.I'dlovetowriteabookayearbutIdon'tthinkI'dhaveanyfans.”AlsoKnownAs:DonnaLouiseTartt(fullname)DonnaLouiseTartt(birthname)DateofBirth:十二月23,1963PlaceofBirth:Greenwood,MississippiEducation:AttendedUniversityofMississippi;B.A.,BenningtonCollege,1986
