Willa Sibert Cather (1873 - 1947) was born in Virginia but spent most of her young adult life in Nebraska. After graduating from the University of Nebraska, she moved to Pittsburgh, where she worked as an editor for two small publications and then taught high-school English. She then moved to New York City and became the managing editor at McClure's Magazine from 1906 to 1912. Among her many novels are Alexander's Bridge, O Pioneers!, Song of the Lark, My Antonia, One of Ours, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, Death Comes for the Archbishop, Shadows on the Rock, and many other works.
