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Elinor Lipman

Elinor Lipman started writing fiction by night while working at a teachers’ magazine by day. Her first book, Into Love and Out Again, was published in 1987; its centerpiece was seven connected stories, novella-length, which gave her the courage to try a novel. Then She Found Me came out in 1990 (eighteen years later it was adapted into a feature film), followed by The Way Men Act, Isabel’s Bed, The Inn at Lake Devine, The Ladies’ Man, The Dearly Departed, The Pursuit of Alice Thrift, My Latest Grievance, and most recently, The Family Man. Her honors include the New England Book Award and the Poetry Center’s Fiction Prize. She divides her time... Read full bio

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Excerpt 1 from Isabel'S Bed
Dec 07, 2012
Isabel'S Bed will be released on December 14, 2010 in eBook
Dec 14, 2010
Isabel'S Bed is now available in eBook
Dec 14, 2010
Then She Found Me will be released on November 24, 2009 in eBook
Nov 24, 2009
Then She Found Me is now available in eBook
Nov 24, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Isabel'S Bed
Jun 30, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Then She Found Me
Feb 01, 2009
Then She Found Me will be released on April 01, 2008 in Trade Paperback
Apr 01, 2008
Then She Found Me is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 01, 2008
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Apr 01, 2008
Isabel'S Bed will be released on May 01, 1998 in Trade Paperback
May 01, 1998
Isabel'S Bed is now available in Trade Paperback
May 01, 1998
Isabel'S Bed will be released on May 01, 1998 in
May 01, 1998
Isabel'S Bed is now available in
May 01, 1998
Way Men Act will be released on February 01, 1993 in Trade Paperback
Feb 01, 1993

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FemaleFirst.co.uk, April 19, 2013
...always amazed by how brilliantly Rose Tremain writes. She's truly original and utterly inspiring. I also love Elinor Lipman; her books make me laugh out loud. Which authors do you feel have had an impact on this book? I guess every author that's ever...
Washington Post, April 19, 2013
...satire. 1366205170000 on Facebook Twitter article_story A collection of essays and a novel from the (nice) witty writer Elinor Lipman show that nice finishes first.1366147865000 on Facebook Twitter BlogStory Knopf goes back for 5th paperback printing of...
Washington Post, April 19, 2013
...satire. 1366205170000 on Facebook Twitter article_story A collection of essays and a novel from the (nice) witty writer Elinor Lipman show that nice finishes first.1366147865000 on Facebook Twitter BlogStory Knopf goes back for 5th paperback printing of...
Washington Post, April 19, 2013
...satire. 1366205170000 on Facebook Twitter article_story A collection of essays and a novel from the (nice) witty writer Elinor Lipman show that nice finishes first.1366147865000 on Facebook Twitter BlogStory Knopf goes back for 5th paperback printing of...
Washington Post, April 19, 2013
...satire. 1366205170000 on Facebook Twitter article_story A collection of essays and a novel from the (nice) witty writer Elinor Lipman show that nice finishes first.1366147865000 on Facebook Twitter BlogStory Knopf goes back for 5th paperback printing of...
Washington Post, April 18, 2013
...satire. 1366205170000 on Facebook Twitter article_story A collection of essays and a novel from the (nice) witty writer Elinor Lipman show that nice finishes first.1366147865000 on Facebook Twitter BlogStory Knopf goes back for 5th paperback printing of...
Washington Post, April 17, 2013
...satire. 1366205170000 on Facebook Twitter article_story A collection of essays and a novel from the (nice) witty writer Elinor Lipman show that nice finishes first.1366147865000 on Facebook Twitter BlogStory Knopf goes back for 5th paperback printing of...
New York Times, December 3, 2012
...Postal Services release of a Hanukkah stamp. After 207 pages, I am a Hanukkah maven. Ask me anything. Elinor Lipman is the author of “Tweet Land of Liberty: Irreverent Rhymes From the Political Circus.” Her 10th novel, “The View From Penthouse...
New York Times, November 30, 2012
...Postal Services release of a Hanukkah stamp. After 207 pages, I am a Hanukkah maven. Ask me anything. Elinor Lipman is the author of “Tweet Land of Liberty: Irreverent Rhymes From the Political Circus.” Her 10th novel, “The View From Penthouse...
Huffington Post, November 30, 2012
...Pareene, former Wonkette editor Ken Layne, The DailyBeast's David Freedlander, Decode DC's Andrea Seabrook and author Elinor Lipman talks about the factors that went into Governor Romney's election loss. Pareene pointed to a combination of Mitt Romney as...
New York Times, November 30, 2012
...Postal Services release of a Hanukkah stamp. After 207 pages, I am a Hanukkah maven. Ask me anything. Elinor Lipman is the author of “Tweet Land of Liberty: Irreverent Rhymes From the Political Circus.” Her 10th novel, “The View From Penthouse...
Huffington Post, November 26, 2012
...Alex Pareene, Wonkette's Ken Layne, The DailyBeast's David Freedlander, Decode DC's Andrea Seabrook and author Elinor Lipman talks about the things they were surprised about from the 2012 Election. Among the biggest surprises were how weak Mitt Romney's...
Collegenews.org, November 20, 2012
...be undersold are its characters, rendered so believably and affectionately, they warm the atmosphere on their own,” opines Elinor Lipman. (top photo by David Wood) A fellow novelist, Lipman writes, “Ms. Kingsolver was a biologist before she was an...
Huffington Post, November 20, 2012
...with the evacuated residents on the status of the building through email and telephone. Another resident, the novelist Elinor Lipman, said Mr. Coyne “was our lifeline.” “John answered the big questions , John answered the little questions”...