弗蘭剋·邁考特（Frank McCourt)美國著名作傢，教師，普利策文學奬獲得者。主要作品有《安琪拉的灰燼》、《就是這兒》、《教書匠》等。

1930年齣生於美國紐約，4歲舉傢遷迴愛爾蘭故鄉，在貧民窟度過苦難的童年。13歲輟學。19歲心懷“美國夢”隻身重返紐約，做過酒店勤雜工、碼頭工人、打字員，當過兵，後來考入大學。畢業後成為一名教師，前後教過12000多名學生，並榮獲美國教育界最高榮譽“全美最佳教師”奬，被譽為“老師中的老師”。1987年退休，開始正式寫作。1996年，處女作《安琪拉的灰燼》齣版，一舉獲得普利策文學奬、全美書評奬、洛杉磯時報圖書奬、美國年度好書奬等重要奬項。係列第二部《就是這兒》、第三部《教書匠》分彆於1999年、2005年齣版。2009年6月，病逝於紐約。

<CENTER>FROM THE PULIZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ANGELA'S ASHES</CENTER>

Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Rarely has a book so swiftly found its place on the literary landscape.

And now we have 'Tis, the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. Frank lands in New York at age nineteen and gets a job at the Biltmore Hotel, where he immediately encounters the vivid hierarchies of this "classless country," and then is drafted into the army and is sent to Germany to train dogs and type reports. It is Frank's incomparable voice that renders these experiences spellbinding.

When Frank returns to America in 1953, he works on the docks, always resisting what everyone tells him. He knows that he should be getting an education, and though he left school at fourteen, he talks his way into New York University. There, he falls in love with the quintessential Yankee and tries to live his dream. But it is not until he starts to teach that Frank finds his place in the world.