The author of Sophie's Choice is William Styron, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist. Styron was born in 1925 in Virginia and is best known for his novels Lie Down in Darkness, The Confessions of Nat Turner, and Sophie's Choice. His works often explore the complexities of racial and social issues. Styron was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1968 for The Confessions of Nat Turner.