Educated (Westover) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—1986
• Where—Idaho
• Education—B.A.,  Brigham Young University; M,Phil, Ph.D., Cambridge University,
• Currently—lives in London, England


Tara Westover was born in rural Idaho in 1986. Never having been in a classroom, she undertook her own education, receiving her BA from Brigham Young University in 2008. She was subsequently awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship and earned an MPhil from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 2009.

In 2010 Westover was a visiting fellow at Harvard University and later returned to Cambridge where, in 2014, she was awarded a PhD.

Before decamping to London, where she now lives, Westover remained in Cambridge for several years, frequently joining folk singer/song-writer John Meed on stage. She has also sung in two of his albums.

Educated is her first book. (Adapted from the publisher and online sources.)