Elizabeth Strout’s most recent work, Olive Kitteridge, a novel in stories, won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize, was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was a New York Times Bestseller. She is the author of two previous novels, Abide With Me, a national bestseller, and Amy and Isabelle, also a New York Times Bestseller. (Photo by Miriam Berkley)
RADIO: Tell Me More
July 16, 2009 - Elizabeth talks with Michel Martin of NPR’s Tell Me More about writing non-fiction stories.
Listen to the interview at NPR’s website.
Several acclaimed fiction writers penned accounts of personal non-fiction stories for The Washington Post Magazine’s Summer Reading series. What was that experience like for them? Host Michel Martin finds out when she speaks with Elizabeth Strout, whose book of short stories Olive Kitteridge won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. And Ursula Hegi, author of several books, including the best selling Oprah Book Club novel Stones from the River.