LauraIngallsWilder:AWriter'sLife

InLauraIngallsWilder:AWriter'sLife,PamelaSmithHilldelvesintothecomplexandoftenfascinatingrelationshipsWilderformedthroughoutherlifethatledtothewritingofherclassicLittleHouseseries.UsingWilder'sstories,personalcorrespondence,anunpublishedautobiography,andexperiencesinSouthDakota,Hillhasproducedahistorical-literarybiographyofthefamousandmuch-lovedauthor.FollowingthecourseofWilder'slife,andherrealfamily'sjourneywest,Hillprovidesacontext,bothfamilialandliterary,forWilder'swritingcareer.LauraIngallsWilder:AWriter'sLifeisthefirstbookintheSouthDakotaBiographySeries,whichhighlightssomeofthestate'smostfamousresidents.