Marilynne Summers Robinson (born November 26, 1943) is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, National Humanities Medal in 2012, and the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. In 2016, Robinson was named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people. Robinson began teaching at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1991 and retired in the spring of 2016.
Robinson is best known for her novels Housekeeping (1980) and Gilead (2004). Her novels are noted for their thematic depiction of both rural life and faith. The subjects of her essays have spanned numerous topics, including the relationship between religion and science, US history, nuclear pollution, John Calvin, and contemporary American politics.
Gilead udspiller sig i en lille by af samme navn i den amerikanske stat Iowa. I 1956, mod slutningen af sit liv, begynder pastor John Ames på et brev til sin syv-årige søn. Han har fået ham meget sent i livet og vil gerne efterlade et vidnesbyrd om sig selv og om den slægt drengen er født ind i. Gilead er en kærlighedserklæring til det liv som er ved at glide John Ames af hænde, og en sjældent varm og klog bog. Det er også en bog som formår at formidle en religiøst præget livsintensitet som man sjældent ser skildret i moderne litteratur.
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