Ann-Marie MacDonald is a novelist, playwright and actress. She was born in the former West Germany. After studying at the National Theater School in Montreal, she moved to Toronto where she distinguished herself as an actress. Her first play won the Governor General's Award, the Chalmers Award and the Canadian Authors' Association Award. In 1996, her first novel Fall on Your Knees became an international bestseller, was translated into nineteen languages and sold three million copies. It won the Commonwealth Prize for Best First Fiction, the People's Choice Award and the Libris Award. In 2002, she achieved recognition by being chosen by Oprah's Book Club. In 2003, The Way the Crow Flies appeared, and in 2014, Adult Onset, both of which also enjoyed immense