Anita Brookner is a British novelist, art historian and biographer. She is best known for her Booker Prize-winning novel Hotel du Lac, which was published in 1984. She has written numerous other novels, including A Closed Eye, Look at Me, and Family and Friends. She has also written several non-fiction works, such as A Private View and Latecomers. Brookner has been awarded numerous awards, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.