Today's author is Elizabeth Gilbert.
Quick Facts:
1. She was born in Connecticut in 1969 and was raised on a small family Christmas tree farm.
2. She went to college in New York City and spent the years after college traveling around the world, working odd jobs and writing short stories.
3. She broke out in 1993 when one of her short stories was published by Esquire: The Debut of an American Writer.
4. She has been a journalist for SPIN, GQ, The New York Times Magazine, and O Magazine.
5. Her GQ memoir about her bartending years became the Disney movie Coyote Ugly.
6. She has published a book of short stories called Pilgrims, a novel called Stern Men, a biography called The Last American Man, and a memoir called Eat, Pray, Love.
7. In 2008, she was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine.
Have you read Eat, Pray, Love? I know someone that had an affair and said it was all because of this book.
P.S. Variety says "Recently, Paramount Pictures has acquired screen rights to the Elizabeth Gilbert memoir Eat, Pray, Love and will develop it as a star vehicle for Julia Roberts".
