Author Donna Tartt

Published December 2, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Martha Woodroof of member station WMRA in Charlottesville, Va., reports on the career of author Donna Tartt. Her childhood and upbringing chart much of her new book, The Little Friend.

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