Annie Dillard, who grew  up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, attended Hollins College in Virginia, where she not only received bachelor's and master's degree but also met her husband, creative writing professor Richard Henry Wilde Dillard.
Dillard attended Hollins College (now Hollins University), in Roanoke, Virginia, where she studied literature and creative writing. In 1968 she earned an MA in English. Early childhood details can be drawn from Annie Dillard's autobiography, An American Childhood (1987), about growing up in the 50s Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh in "a house full of comedians.". Dillard influenced many contemporary writers including both his ex-wives Annie Dillard and Cathryn Hankla. 
