Elizabeth Berg (author)

Elizabeth Berg (author)

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birthdate = Birth date and age|1948|12|2|mf=y
birthplace = Saint Paul, Minnesota
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occupation = Novelist
nationality = American
period = 1993-present
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Elizabeth Berg is an American nurse turned writer, born on December 2, 1948 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, now living in Chicago, earlier in Boston. She studied English at the University of Minnesota, but later ended up with a nursing degree. Her writing career started when she won an essay contest in "Parents" magazine. All since her debut as a novelist in 1993, her novels have sold in large numbers and have received several awards and nominations, even though some critics have tagged them as sentimental. She won the New England Books Award in 1997.

The three novels "Durable Goods", "Joy School", and "True to Form" form a trilogy about the 12-year-old Katie Nash, in part based on the author's own experience as a daughter to a military person.

Bibliography

*"Family traditions: celebrations for holidays and everyday" (1992, illustrations by Robert Roth)
*"Durable Goods" (1993, selected as ALA Best Books of the Year)
*"Talk Before Sleep" (1994, highlighting the fight against breast cancer)
*"Range of Motion" (1995)
*"The Pull of the Moon" (1996)
*"Joy School" (1997, selected as ALA Best Books of the Year)
*"What We Keep" (1998)
*"Escaping into the Open: The Art of Writing True" (1999, non-fiction)
*"Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (1999, about a woman's love for a gay man)
*"Open House" (2000, Oprah's Book Club selection)
*"Never Change" (2001)
*"Ordinary Life: stories" (2002)
*"True to Form" (2002)
*"Say When" (2003)
*"The Art of Mending" (2004)
*"The Year of Pleasures" (2005)
*"The Handmaid and the Carpenter" (2006)
*"We Are All Welcome Here" (2006)
*"Dream When You're Feeling Blue" (2007)
*"The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted" (2008)

External links

* [http://www.elizabeth-berg.net/ Official website]
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=2048 Author presentation] by publisher Random House, Inc.
* [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writer.asp?cid=883100 Meet the Writers] from Barnes & Noble

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DATE OF BIRTH= December 2, 1948
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