Elizabeth Strout

Quick Facts

Full Name	Elizabeth Strout
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Jan 6, 1956(1956-01-06)
Age	68
Birthplace	Portland
Country	United States
Birth City	Maine
Horoscope	Capricorn

Elizabeth Strout Biography

Elizabeth Strout is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on January 6, 1956 in Portland, Maine, United States. The Pulitzer Prize winner American novelist Her most famous work is for her novel Olive Kitteridge the short story collection from 2008 collection. Her other novels comprise Abide with Me (2006) and The Burgess Boys (2013).

Her novel of 1998, Amy and Isabelle, was turned into a television film that starred Elisabeth Schue.

After graduating from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, she spent a year in Oxford, England, followed by studies at law school for another year. In 1982, she graduated with honors, and received a law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law. That year her first story was published in New Letters magazine.

Strout’s first novel, Amy and Isabelle (1998) met with widespread critical acclaim, became a national bestseller, and was adapted into a movie starring Elisabeth Shue. Her second novel, Abide with Me (2006), received critical acclaim but ultimately failed to be recognized to the extent of her debut novel. Two years later, Strout wrote and published Olive Kitteridge (2008), to critical and commercial success grossing nearly $25 million with over one million copies sold as of May 2017. The novel won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book was adapted into a multi Emmy Award-winning mini series and became a New York Times bestseller.

Teachers’ daughter She was educated in both Maine as well as New Hampshire. She got married Maine Attorney General James Tierney.

Elizabeth Strout Net Worth

Elizabeth Strout is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Elizabeth Strout 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She graduated with an law degree from Syracuse University. After the move in New York City, she published stories in magazines such like Seventeen Redbook and Seventeen. Redbook.

She earned her bachelor’s education at Bates College.

Elizabeth Strout (born January 6, 1956) is a US-American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization. Born and raised in Portland, Maine, her experiences in her youth served as inspiration for her novels–the fictional “Shirley Falls, Maine” is the setting of four of her seven novels.

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The Burgess Boys was published March 26, 2013, to further critical acclaim. A New York Times review noted that she “handles her storytelling with grace, intelligence and low-key humor, demonstrating a great ear for the many registers in which people speak to their loved ones,” but criticized her for not developing certain characters. NPR noted the novel by saying: “This is an ambitious novel that wants to train its gaze on the flotsam and jetsam of thought, as well as on big-issue topics like the politics of immigration and the possibility of second chances.” The book became her second New York Times bestseller. The Washington Post reviewed it with the following: “[T]he broad social and political range of The Burgess Boys shows just how impressively this extraordinary writer continues to develop.”

Facts & Trivia

Elizabeth Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Elizabeth Strout celebrates birthday on January 6 of every year.

Strout moved to New York City, where she waitressed and began developing early novels and stories to little success. She continued to write stories that were published in literary magazines, as well as in Redbook and Seventeen. She enrolled in Law School at Syracuse University College of Law, and practiced law for six months before concluding her legal practice and focusing on her writing. In an interview with Terry Gross in January 2015 she said of the experience, “law school was more of an operation, I think.” She stated in a 2016 interview with The Morning News,

Top Facts about Elizabeth Strout

1. Elizabeth Strout was born January 6, 1956 in Portland, Maine.
2. Strout’s first novel, Amy and Isabelle, became a national bestseller and was adapted into a movie.
3. Strout won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel Olive Kitteridge in 2009.
4. The novel was also adapted into a Emmy Award-winning mini series.
5. Strout attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and Syracuse University College of Law where she graduated with honors in 1982.
6. Strout was a National Endowment for the Humanities lecturer at Colgate University.
7. Her novels Abide with Me and The Burgess Boys both became New York Times bestsellers.
8. Strout published My Name Is Lucy Barton in 2016 which topped the New York Times bestseller list.
9. Strout’s novel Anything is Possible won The Story Prize in 2017.
10. Olive, Again, a sequel to Olive Kitteridge, was published in October

2019. 11. Oh William!, a follow-up to My Name Is Lucy Barton, was published in October 2021 and was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.
      12. Strout is married to former Maine Attorney General James Tierney.
      13. Strout divides her time between New York City and Brunswick, Maine.
      14. Strout was a teacher of Creative writing at both introductory and advanced levels at Borough of Manhattan Community College.
      15. Strout’s works are known for descriptive characterization and setting, often inspiried by her youth in Maine and New Hampshire.