Editing Anne Tyler (section)

=== National recognition===
With her next novel, Tyler truly arrived as a recognized artist in the literary world. Tyler's ninth novel, ''[[Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant]]'', which she considers her best work,<ref name="Allardice, L 2012" /> was a finalist for the [[Pulitzer Prize]], [[PEN/Faulkner Award]], and the American Book Award for Fiction in 1983.  In his review in ''The New Yorker'', John Updike wrote, "Her art needed only the darkening that would give her beautifully shaped sketches solidity&nbsp;... In her ninth novel, she has arrived at a new level of power."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1982/04/05/1982_04_05_189_TNY_CARDS_000123404 |title=On Such a Beautiful Green Little Planet |magazine=The New Yorker |first=John|last=Updike|date=April 5, 1982 |access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> Her tenth novel, ''[[The Accidental Tourist]]'', was awarded the [[National Book Critics Circle Award]] for Fiction in 1985, the [[Ambassador Book Award]] for Fiction in 1986, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1986. It was also made into a 1988 movie starring [[William Hurt]] and [[Geena Davis]]. The critical and commercial success of the film further increased the public awareness of her work.  Her 11th novel, ''[[Breathing Lessons]]'', received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1989 and was ''Time'' magazine's "Book of the Year".<ref name="Croft, R. 1995" />  It was adapted into a 1994 TV movie, as eventually were four other of her novels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109335/|title=Breathing Lessons (1994)|date=6 February 1994|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878773/|title=Anne Tyler (I)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref>

Since her Pulitzer Prize with ''Breathing Lessons'', Tyler has written 13 more novels; many have been Book of the Month Club Main Selections and have become ''New York Times'' Bestsellers. ''[[Ladder of Years]]'' was chosen by ''Time'' as one of the ten best books of 1995.  ''[[A Patchwork Planet]]'' was a ''New York Times'' Notable Book (1999).  ''[[Saint Maybe]]'' (1991) and ''[[Back When We Were Grownups]]'' (2001) were adapted into TV movies in 1998 and 2004, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387851/|title=Back When We Were Grownups (2004)|date=21 November 2004|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168156/|title=Saint Maybe (1998)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> In her 2006 novel ''[[Digging to America]]'', she explored how an immigrant from Iran, who has lived in the U. S. for 35 years, deals with her "outsiderness," perspectives with which Tyler is familiar due to her marriage to [[Iran]]ian [[psychiatrist]] [[Taghi Mohammad Modarressi]].

In addition to her novels, Tyler has published short stories in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'', ''[[Redbook]]'', ''[[McCall's]]'', and ''[[Harper's Magazine|Harper's]]'', but they have never been published as a collection.<ref name="Willrich, P. 1992" /><ref name="Croft, R. 1995" />  Her stories include "Average Waves in Unprotected Waters" (1977), "Holding Things Together" (1977), and "Teenage Wasteland" (1983).  Between 1983 and 1996, she edited three anthologies: ''The Best American Short Stories 1983'', ''Best of the South'', and ''Best of the South: The Best of the Second Decade''.