Sharon Olds

Sharon Olds is an American poet whose collections include Satan Says, The Gold Cell, and The Father, and she is best known for winning the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Her earlier honors include the first San Francisco State University Poetry Center Award in 1980 and the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award. She teaches creative writing at New York University, where she has also served as a previous director of the Creative Writing Program.