Gail Caldwell (born January 20, 1951) is an American critic and author.
She was the chief book critic for The Boston Globe, where she was on staff from 1985 to 2009.
According to the Pulitzer Prize board, those columns were noted for “her insightful observations on contemporary life and literature.” Caldwell was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas.
After graduating from Tascosa High School, she attended Texas Tech University for a while but transferred to University of Texas at Austin and obtained two degrees in American studies.
[1] Caldwell published a third memoir in 2014, New Life, No Instructions, about her childhood bout with polio.