The most celebrated Strout in history, Portland, ME’s Elizabeth graduated from Bates College in 1977 as an English major, then received her Juris Doctorate from Syracuse University.

While raising a family and working as a professor at Manhattan Community College, her stories were published by Redbook and Seventeen magazines.

Her 1998 debut novel, Amy and Isabelle, was a bestseller and PEN/Faulkner Award finalist that became a movie starring Elizabeth Shue and Viola Davis. Her 2008 breakthrough, Olive Kitteridge, won her the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

A 2014 HBO miniseries adaptation of Olive Kitteridge produced by Tom Hanks was helmed by legendary director Lisa Cholodenko and starred Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Zoe Kazan, Jesse Plemons and Bill Murray. Olive Kitteridge nearly swept the 2015 Emmy Awards, winning Outstanding Limited Series, Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, Directing and Writing. It was nominated for three Golden Globes, won three Critics’ Choice Awards and received the Silver Lion award from the Venice Film Festival.

Details on all Elizabeth Strout publications are available at her website, ElizabethStrout.com.