Elinor Lipman

Elinor Lipman is the award-winning author of 16 books of fiction and nonfiction including "The Inn at Lake Devine," "Isabel's Bed," "On Turpentine Lane," "Good Riddance," "I Can't Complain: (All Too) Personal Essays," “Rachel to the Rescue,” and most recently, "Ms. Demeanor." Her first novel, "Then She Found Me," became a 2008 feature film, directed by and starring Helen Hunt, with Bette Midler, Colin Firth, and Matthew Broderick. She was the 2011-12 Elizabeth Drew professor of creative writing at Smith College, and winner of the New England Bookseller Award and the Paterson Fiction Prize. Her book reviews and essays have appeared in the Washington Post, Boston Globe and New York Times, including two "Modern Love" essays.

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