Elizabeth Strout

fiction author born in Portland, Maine; grew up in small towns in Maine and New Hampshire; has received a Pulitzer Prize, Premio Bancarella Prize, O. Henry Prize, Malaparte Prize, Library Lion from the New York Public Library, Taobuk Award for Literary Excellence, and numerous other honors; Finalist for PEN/Faulkner Award and National Book Critics Circle Award; her books have been named Oprah’s Book Club Pick and Publisher's Weekly Best Book