Anthony Doerr is an American author from Cleveland, Ohio. Critics have praised Doerr' s writing for his short, sharp sentences and attention to detail. His first book, The Shell Collector, was a collection of short stories that was released in 2002. Many of its tales were set in Africa and New Zealand, where Doerr had previously stayed. His second novel, All the Light We Cannot See, was published in 2014. It quickly became a New York Times best-seller and won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

安东尼.杜尔是一位来自俄亥俄州克里夫兰市的美国作家。他精简明快的叙事语句和对于细节的注意受到了书评家的赞誉。他的第一本书《拾贝人》是一部在 2002 年出版的短篇小说集。其中许多故事背景设定在非洲和纽西兰,这些是杜尔曾经待过的地方。他的第二部小说《呼唤奇迹的光》于 2014 年出版。它快速地成为了《纽约时报》的一本畅销书,并获得了普立兹小说奖。

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