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1663 - Born in Greenwood, Mississippi but raised in Grenada, Mississippi on the 23rd of December.
1981 - Enrolling in the University of Mississippi, she pledged to the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma.
1982 - She transferred to Bennington College.
1986 - She graduated from Bennington.
1992 - Ellis recommended her work to the literary agent Amanda Urban, The Secret History was published, overwhelming a 75,000 book order for the first printing to become a bestseller, later translated into 24 languages.
2002 - The Little Friend, Tartt's second novel, also with a Chip Kidd jacket design, was published in October.
1981 - Enrolling in the University of Mississippi, she pledged to the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma.
1982 - She transferred to Bennington College.
1986 - She graduated from Bennington.
1992 - Ellis recommended her work to the literary agent Amanda Urban, The Secret History was published, overwhelming a 75,000 book order for the first printing to become a bestseller, later translated into 24 languages.
2002 - The Little Friend, Tartt's second novel, also with a Chip Kidd jacket design, was published in October.
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