Elizabeth Strout weaves deceptively simple stories of small-town America that explore human relationships and reveal universal truths. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Olive Kitteridge" to "My name is Lucy Barton", Strout has a flair for creating authentic, uncannily lifelike protagonists.
Elizabeth Strout: 'There’s something emotionally truthful about my characters'
FRANCE 24 English
September 19, 2017
“This is a very exciting year. The range of books is broad and the quality extremely high.... From the historical to the contemporary, the satirical to the polemical, the novels in this list come from both established writers and new voices. The writing is uniformly fresh, energetic and important. It is a longlist to be relished.”
Honored that My Name Is Lucy Barton has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Why Fiction Matters with Liz Strout and Andre Dubus III
Newburyport Literary Festival
May 4, 2016
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A thoughtful roundtable discussion of my latest novel, My Name Is Lucy Barton, from The Diane Rehm Show: Readers Review. With Diane Rehm, Aminatta Forna, Adam Goodheart, and Barrie Hardymon. Audio and transcript available. Thank you to all!
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON has been included on the longlist for the Baileys Women's Prize for fiction. Thank you to the judges!
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