April 10, 2014: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout visited Wilton Library to discuss her popular book, The Burgess Boys. A New York Times bestseller and named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, NPR and Good Housekeeping, The Burgess Boys is a captivating story of two deeply human protagonists whose struggles and triumphs will resonate with readers long after they turn the final page. 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. Elizabeth Strout's earlier novels are Abide With Me, a national bestseller, and Amy and Isabelle, also a New York Times Bestseller. Strout has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize in London. Ms. Strout was interviewed by book discussion leader Susan Boyar.
Wilton Bulletin: Elizabeth Strout has ‘always stared at strangers’
A number of my characters I have visually been able to take back to my work table from the subway. It’s not that they were doing anything, but something in their physicality made me say ‘there she is.’
— Elizabeth Strout
"Elizabeth Strout has ‘always stared at strangers’" Christopher Burns Wilton Bulletin March 31, 2014
Press Herald: Novelist Elizabeth Strout follows her way
Whatever is exposed, I don’t feel bad about that because I know was writing about it from love. Not that you have to, but I am just saying, that is how I work.
— Elizabeth Strout
"Novelist Elizabeth Strout follows her way" Mary Pols Portland Press Herald March 30, 2014
The Burgess Boys Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize 2014
Elizabeth's The Burgess Boys has been longlisted for the UK's Bailey's Women's Prize 2014 (formerly the Orange Prize).
Helen Fraser, Chair of Judges, says: “This is a fantastic selection of books of the highest quality – intensely readable, gripping, intelligent and surprising – that you would want to press on your friends, and the judges have been doing just that.”
The judges must now whittle these 20 books to six, before choosing an overall winner to be announced on 4th June 2014.
Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Announce the 2014 Longlist Baileys Women’s Prize For Fiction News blog March 7, 2014
Booktrust: Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award: Shortlist announced
British writers Anna Metcalfe and Jonathan Tel go head-to-head with Pulitzer prize-winners Elizabeth Strout and Adam Johnson on the shortlist for the 2014 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. Now in its fifth year, the shortlist reflects the award's ability to showcase new talent - alongside new stories from literary giants.
Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award: Shortlist announced Booktrust News, February 28, 2014