Faulkner foundation Whose Mission is to promote the love of the written. The lecture is made possible by generous contributions from author down in memory of her mother, Aileen Wallace and her grandmother, aileen lampton wallace and also by the family of eudorawelty. In april 1983, eudora gave a series of lectures at Harvard University. The lectures were collected as a volume of essays entitled one writers beginnings. Published by the Harvard University press, one writers beginnings stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for almost a year. The essays detailed the inescapable bond between eudoras childhood and her later career as a writer. And after Early Experiences contributed to her distinctive literary voice, her novels include the robber bridesmaid. Which was adapted to the stage and a Tony Awardwinning musical in broadway. Delta wedding, losing battles. And the optimists daughter, for which she was awarded the pulitzer prize. Eudora is the master of the short story and her s