Elizabeth Strout
American novelist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1956 · age 70
Elizabeth Strout is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization.
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, There’s a part of me in every I write, whether it’s male or female, because everything has to go through me.
Success did come to me later, but that was okay, I could feel myself getting better with each story or book.
I’ve always been fascinated with this sense that every single person walking down the street has a whole story.
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She was born and raised in Portland, Maine, and her experiences in her youth served as inspiration for her novels - the fictional "Shirley Falls, Maine" is the setting of four of her ten novels.
