Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was an American novelist best known for his naturalistic novels. He wrote commercial hits such as
The "Genius",
The Financer, and
Sister Carrie, the latter of which was adapted into the Academy Award-nominated film
Carrie. Besides writing seminal hits, Dreiser was a socialist and political activist who fought for victims of social justice. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930.