Mary Karr

Mary Karr sparked a revolution with her memoirs: The Liars' Club was one of the best-selling books for an entire year according to the New York Times and best book of the year for The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, People and Time. Her works include The Art of Memoir, the memoirs Lit and Cherry, and poetry collections such as Sinners Welcome, Viper Rum, and The Devil's Tour. She is currently a professor of literature at the University of Syracuse.