Willa Sibert Cather (1873–1947) was born in Virginia and moved to Nebraska when she was nine years old. She graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Her writing style is characterized by its vivid descriptions of the natural world, its focus on the lives of ordinary people, and its exploration of themes such as identity, memory, and the passage of time. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 for One of Ours.