The document provides biographical information about Pearl S. Buck, the author of The Good Earth. It notes that Buck was an American author and activist born in 1892 in West Virginia who wrote the historical fiction novel The Good Earth, published in 1931. Buck was also a civil rights and women's rights activist who attended several universities and died in Vermont in 1973.

1. The Good Earth
by Pearl S. BUCK

2. Author : Pearl S. Buck
Country : United States
Genre : Historical fiction
Publisher : John Day
Publication Date : March 2, 1931
About the Story

3. Name : Pearl S. Buck
Occupation : Author, Civil, Right Activist,
Women’s Right Activitist
Birth : June 26, 1892
Place of Birth : Hillsboro, West Virginia
Death : March 6, 1973
Place of death : Danby, Vermont
Education : Cornell University, Yale University,
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.
About the Author