- She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "Olive Kitteridge", and the O. Henry Prize for "Snowblind".
- She is a US author who grew up in small towns in New England. As a teenager, she sent stories to magazines; her first story was published when she was 26.
- She attended Bates College, graduating with an English degree. She went to Syracuse University College of Law, where she received a law degree and a Certificate in Gerontology. She worked for Legal Services, then became an adjunct in the English department of the Borough of Manhattan Community College.
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