Tara Westover (born September 27, 1986) is an American memoirist, essayist and historian. Her memoir ''Educated'' (2018) debuted at No. 1 on ''The New York Times'' bestseller list and was a finalist for a number of national awards, including the ''LA Times'' Book Prize, PEN America's Jean Stein Book Award, and two awards from the National Book Critics Circle Award. The ''New York Times'' ranked ''Educated'' as one of the 10 Best Books of 2018. Westover was chosen by ''Time'' magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of 2019.
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