Elizabeth Berg
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Elizabeth Berg is the author of many bestselling novels as well as two works of nonfiction. She studied English at the University of Minnesota, and later ended up as a nurse. Her debut novel was published in 1993, and today she is a bestselling author. Her three novels ”Durable Goods”, ”Joy School”, and ”True to Form” are a trilogy about the 12-year-old Katie Nash and are, in part, based on Berg’s own experience as a daughter born into a military family.Berg has received several literary awards and nominations. Her writing has been translated into 27 languages and three of her novels have been turned into television movies. She is the founder of ”Writing Matters”, a quality reading series dedicated to serving author, audience, and community. She teaches one-day writing workshops and is a popular speaker at venues around the country.
Body of Work | Durable Goods | Joy School | National Geographic Traveler article on a cooking school in Positano, Italy | Open House | Talk Before Sleep | The Art of Mending | The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted and Other Small Acts of Liberation
Dream when you’re feeling blue : | Durable goods / | Earth’s the Right Place for Love: A Novel | Escaping into the open : | Family traditions : | Home safe : | I’ll be seeing you : | Joy school / | Make someone happy : | NIGHT OF MIRACLES : | Never change / | Once upon a time, there was you : | Open house : | Ordinary life : | Range of motion / | Say when / | Still happy + the book of Homer / | Talk before sleep : | Tapestry of fortunes : | The Confession Club | The art of mending : | The confession club : | The day I ate whatever I wanted : | The dream lover : | The handmaid and the carpenter | The last time I saw you : | The pull of the moon / | The story of Arthur Truluv : | The year of pleasures : | True to form / | Until the real thing comes along : | We are all welcome here : | What we keep /