Tara Westover (born September 1986) is an American memoirist, essayist and historian best known for her internationally bestselling memoir, Educated. The book was a shortlisted for the John Leonard Award from the National Book Critics Circle Award, longlisted for the Carnegie Medal of Excellence, and won the Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography. The New York Timesnamed it one of the 10 Best Books of 2018.