Lucia Brown Berlin (November 12, 1936 - November 12, 2004) was an American short story writer. She had a small, devoted following, but did not reach a mass audience during her lifetime. She rose to sudden literary fame in 2015, eleven years after her death, with the publication of a volume of her selected stories, A Manual for Cleaning Women.

Early life

Berlin was born in Juneau, Alaska, and spent her childhood on the move, following her father's

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