Thornton Wilder was an American writer, who wrote novels and plays. He's well-known for "Our Town" (1938), "The Skin of Our Teeth" (1943), "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943), and "Bridge of San Luis Rey." He received the Pulitzer Prize, the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Book Committee's Medal for Literature.
1. Our Town
by Thornton Wilder. HarperCollins. From the publisher: "'Our Town' was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize–winning drama of life in the small village of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play."
2. The Skin of Our Teeth
by Thornton Wilder. HarperCollins. From the publisher: "A timeless statement about human foibles... and human endurance, this beautiful new edition features Wilder's unpublished production notes, diary entries, and other illuminating documentary material, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder."3. The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Thornton Wilder. HarperCollins. From the publisher: "This beautiful new edition features unpublished notes for the novel and other illuminating documentary mate- rial, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder."4. Three Plays: Our Town, the Skin of Our Teeth, and the Matchmaker
by Thornton Wilder. HarperCollins. From the publisher: "This omnibus volume brings together the definitive texts of three outstanding plays by one of America's most distinguished writers. Thronton Wilder was equally prolific and successful as a dramatist and novelist."5. Heaven's My Destination
by Thornton Wilder and David McCullough. HarperCollins. From the publisher: "Meet George Marvin Brush -- Don Quixote come to Main Street in the Great Depression, and one of Thornton Wilder's most memorable characters. George Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert who is determined to lead a good life."6. The Cabala and the Woman of Andros
by Thornton Wilder and David McCullough. HarperCollins. "The Woman of Andros" was first published in 1930, and Wilder's fantasy, "The Cabala," was the first of his novels to be published in 1926.7. Theophilus North
by Thornton Wilder. HarperCollins. From the publisher: "Narrated by the elderly North from a distance of fifty years, Theophilus North is a fascinating commentary on youth and education from the vantage point of age, and deftly displays Wilder's trademark wit juxtaposed with his lively and timeless ruminations on what really matters about life, love, and work at the end of the day."8. The Ides of March
by Thornton Wilder and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. HarperCollins. From the publisher: "Drawing on such unique sources as Thornton Wilder's unpublished letters, journals, and selections from the extensive annotations Wilder made years later in the margins of the book, Tappan Wilder's Afterword adds a special dimension to the reissue of this internationally acclaimed novel."9. Thornton Wilder: A Bibliographical Checklist of Work by & about Wilder
by Gary Anderson, Richard Henry Goldstone. AMS Press. This book offers an annotated bibliography of works by and about Thornton Wilder.10. A Tour of the Darkling Plain: The Finnegans Wake Letters
by Thornton Wilder, Edward Burns, Adaline Glasheen and Joshua A. Gaylord. University College Dublin Press. This book features the letters about James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" between Thornton Wilder and Adaline Glasheen. Thornton Wilder's play, "Skin of Our Teeth was accused of being an Americanized re-creation, thinly disguised," based on Joyce's "Finnegans Wake."