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Elizabeth Strout is an American author that writes literary fiction. Born in 1956 in Portland, Maine, to a science professor (Father) and an English professor (Mother), she attended Bates College (Lewiston, Maine) and Syracuse University College of Law, from where she acquired her J.D. degree.
Order of Olive Kitteridge Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Olive Kitteridge | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Olive, Again | 2019 | Description / Buy |
Order of Amgash Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | My Name Is Lucy Barton | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Anything Is Possible | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Oh William! | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Lucy by the Sea | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Order of Elizabeth Strout Standalone Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Amy and Isabelle | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Abide with Me | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Burgess Boys | 2013 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ploughshares Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Ploughshares Winter 1989-90 | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Ploughshares Winter 1990-91 | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Ploughshares Fall 1995 | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Ploughshares Spring 1996 | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Ploughshares Fall 1997 | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Ploughshares Spring 1998 | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Ploughshares Fall, 1998 | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Ploughshares Fall 1999 | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Ploughshares Spring 2000 | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Ploughshares Fall 2000 | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Ploughshares Spring 2001 | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Ploughshares, Fiction Issue | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Ploughshares at Emerson College Vol. 36, No. 1, Spr. 2010 | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of Akashic Noir Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
5 | D.C. Noir | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
8 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
13 | D.C. Noir 2 | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Queens Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Trinidad Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
19 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
35 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
36 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
37 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
38 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
39 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
40 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
41 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
42 | New York City Noir: The Five Borough Set | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
43 | USA Noir | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
44 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
45 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
46 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
47 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
48 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
49 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
50 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
51 | Buffalo Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
52 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
53 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
54 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
55 | Rio Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
56 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
57 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
58 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
59 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
60 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
61 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
62 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
63 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
64 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
65 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
66 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
67 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
68 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
69 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
70 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
71 | Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
72 | Nairobi Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
73 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
74 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
75 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
76 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
77 | Miami Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
78 | Accra Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
79 | Speculative Los Angeles | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
80 | Paris Noir: The Suburbs | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Order of Best American Short Stories Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Best Short Stories of 1915 | 1916 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Best Short Stories of 1916 | 1916 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Best Short Stories of 1917 | 1917 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Best Short Stories of 1918 | 1918 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Best Short Stories of 1919 | 1919 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Best Short Stories of 1921 | 1921 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Best Short Stories of 1922 | 1922 | ||
8 | The Best Short Stories of 1923 | 1923 | ||
9 | The Best Short Stories 1924 | 1924 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Best Short Stories of 1925 | 1925 | Description / Buy | |
11 | The Best Short Stories 1926 | 1926 | Description / Buy | |
12 | The Best Short Stories 1927 | 1927 | Description / Buy | |
13 | The Best Short Stories of 1928 | 1928 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Best Short Stories of 1929 | 1929 | Description / Buy | |
15 | The Best Short Stories 1930 | 1930 | Description / Buy | |
16 | The Best Short Stories 1931 | 1931 | Description / Buy | |
17 | The Best Short Stories of 1932 | 1932 | Description / Buy | |
18 | The Best Short Stories 1933 | 1933 | Description / Buy | |
19 | The Best Short Stories 1934 | 1934 | Description / Buy | |
20 | The Best Short Stories 1935 | 1935 | Description / Buy | |
21 | The Best Short Stories 1936 | 1936 | Description / Buy | |
22 | The Best Short Stories 1937 | 1937 | Description / Buy | |
23 | The Best Short Stories of 1938 | 1938 | Description / Buy | |
24 | 50 Best American Short Stories, 1915-1939 | 1939 | Description / Buy | |
25 | The Best Short Stories 1939 | 1939 | ||
26 | The Best Short Stories of 1940 | 1940 | Description / Buy | |
27 | The Best Short Stories 1941 | 1941 | Description / Buy | |
28 | The Best American Short Stories 1942 | 1942 | Description / Buy | |
29 | The Best American Short Stories 1943 | 1943 | Description / Buy | |
30 | The Best American Short Stories 1944 | 1944 | Description / Buy | |
31 | The Best American Short Stories 1945 | 1945 | Description / Buy | |
32 | The Best American Short Stories 1946 | 1946 | Description / Buy | |
33 | The Best American Short Stories 1947 | 1947 | Description / Buy | |
34 | The Best American Short Stories 1948 | 1948 | Description / Buy | |
35 | The Best American Short Stories 1949 | 1949 | Description / Buy | |
36 | The Best American Short Stories 1950 | 1950 | Description / Buy | |
37 | The Best American Short Stories 1951 | 1951 | Description / Buy | |
38 | The Best American Short Stories 1952 | 1952 | Description / Buy | |
39 | The Best American Short Stories 1953 | 1953 | Description / Buy | |
40 | The Best American Short Stories 1955 | 1955 | Description / Buy | |
41 | The Best American Short Stories 1956 | 1956 | Description / Buy | |
42 | The Best American Short Stories 1957 | 1957 | Description / Buy | |
43 | The Best American Short Stories 1958 | 1958 | Description / Buy | |
44 | The Best American Short Stories 1959 | 1959 | Description / Buy | |
45 | The Best American Short Stories 1960 | 1960 | Description / Buy | |
46 | The Best American Short Stories 1961 | 1961 | Description / Buy | |
47 | The Best American Short Stories 1962 | 1962 | Description / Buy | |
48 | The Best American Short Stories 1963 | 1963 | Description / Buy | |
49 | The Best American Short Stories 1964 | 1964 | Description / Buy | |
50 | The Best American Short Stories 1965 | 1965 | Description / Buy | |
51 | The Best American Short Stories 1966 | 1966 | Description / Buy | |
52 | The Best American Short Stories 1967 | 1967 | Description / Buy | |
53 | The Best American Short Stories 1968 | 1967 | Description / Buy | |
54 | The Best American Short Stories of 1969 | 1969 | Description / Buy | |
55 | The Best American Short Stories 1970 | 1970 | Description / Buy | |
56 | The Best American Short Stories 1971 | 1971 | Description / Buy | |
57 | The Best American Short Stories 1972 | 1972 | Description / Buy | |
58 | The Best American Short Stories 1973 | 1973 | Description / Buy | |
59 | The Best American Short Stories 1974 | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
60 | The Best of Best American Short Stories 1915-1950 | 1975 | Description / Buy | |
61 | The Best American Short Stories 1975 | 1975 | Description / Buy | |
62 | The Best American Short Stories 1976 | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
63 | The Best American Short Stories 1977 | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
64 | The Best American Short Stories 1978 | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
65 | The Best American Short Stories 1979 | 1979 | Description / Buy | |
66 | The Best American Short Stories 1980 | 1980 | Description / Buy | |
67 | The Best American Short Stories 1981 | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
68 | The Best American Short Stories 1982 | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
69 | The Best American Short Stories 1983 | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
70 | The Best American Short Stories 1984 | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
71 | The Best American Short Stories 1985 | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
72 | The Best American Short Stories 1986 | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
73 | The Best American Short Stories 1987 | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
74 | The Best American Short Stories 1988 | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
75 | The Best American Short Stories 1989 | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
76 | The Best American Short Stories of the Eighties | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
77 | The Best American Short Stories 1990 | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
78 | The Best American Short Stories 1991 | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
79 | The Best American Short Stories 1992 | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
80 | The Best American Short Stories 1993 | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
81 | The Best American Short Stories 1994 | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
82 | The Best American Short Stories 1995 | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
83 | The Best American Short Stories 1996 | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
84 | The Best American Short Stories 1997 | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
85 | The Best American Short Stories 1998 | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
86 | The Best American Short Stories 1999 | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
87 | The Best American Short Stories 2000 | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
88 | The Best American Short Stories of the Century | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
89 | The Best American Short Stories 2001 | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
90 | The Best American Short Stories 2002 | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
91 | The Best American Short Stories 2003 | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
92 | The Best American Short Stories 2004 | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
93 | The Best American Short Stories 2005 | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
94 | The Best American Short Stories 2006 | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
95 | The Best American Short Stories 2007 | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
96 | The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
97 | The Best American Short Stories 1921 | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
98 | The Best American Short Stories 2008 | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
99 | The Best American Short Stories 2009 | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
100 | The Best American Short Stories 2010 | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
101 | The Best American Short Stories 2011 | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
102 | The Best American Short Stories 2012 | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
103 | The Best American Short Stories 2013 | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
104 | The Best American Short Stories 2014 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
105 | The Best American Short Stories 2015 | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
106 | 100 Years of The Best American Short Stories | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
107 | The Best American Short Stories 2016 | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
108 | The Best American Short Stories 2017 | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
109 | The Best American Short Stories 2018 | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
110 | The Best American Short Stories 2019 | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
111 | The Best American Short Stories 2020 | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
112 | The Best American Short Stories 2022 | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Elizabeth Strout Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Stories of Frederick Busch | 2013 | Description / Buy |
After waitressing in New York City for longer than she would have liked, Strout started experimenting with publishing, writing stories that appeared in various literary magazines.
She practiced law for half a year after graduating from Syracuse University College of Law. But then she decided to make writing her priority. The author’s desire to write fiction was unquenchable. She was so determined to pursue her publishing dreams that the thought of failing at the task was simply unbearable to her.
Strout kept her dreams to herself because she did not expect affirmation or encouragement from the people around her, especially as she grew older.
The author, who spent her childhood in small Maine and New Hampshire towns, started writing early in her life. She would record her daily activities in a journal. When Strout wasn’t writing, she would frequent the local library.
Strout had a brother that played with her on occasion. But most of the time, she played alone. The experience nurtured a love for the physical world in the author.
‘Amy and Isabelle’ was her first novel. It received awards recognition, turning the author into a literary star. ‘Abide with Me,’ Strout’s second novel did garner the same success. Though, critics loved it.
‘Olive Kitteridge’ performed better than its predecessors, winning a Pulitzer Prize and grossing millions of dollars in the years that followed. Strout was a late bloomer.
Even though she was writing by the age of four, the author started publishing her novels later in life. ‘Amy and Isabelle’ was not her first attempt at writing stories.
She made various attempts as a much younger woman. But something wasn’t right. Initially, she couldn’t put her finger on it. Later on, after moving to New York and watching stand-up comics, Strout realized that audiences laughed hardest at jokes that explored the truth.
This showed the author that her work was missing an element of honesty. The author took a moment to ponder the issue, to try and determine what she could say to a gathering of people to make them laugh.
To put some of her ideas to the test, she joined a challenging class whose students had to perform at the Comic Strip. The course was tough, so much so that people kept dropping out.
But Strout made it to the end. Even though it was one of the most terrifying moments of her life, the author made her audience laugh.
Elizabeth Strout Awards
Strout won the Pulitzer Prize in 2009. She has received nominations for a Baileys Women’s Prize, Rathbone Folio Prize, and The Man Booker Prize, to mention but a few.
Elizabeth Strout Books into Movies
Oprah Winfrey turned ‘Amy and Isabelle’ into a movie starring Elizabeth Shue and Hanna Hall. HBO turned ‘Olive Kitteridge’ into a four-part show starring Frances McDormand.
Best Elizabeth Strout Books
The author is married to James Teirney (Lecturer at Harvard Law School). Strout’s best books include:
Olive Kitteridge: Olive is a retired teacher with irrational sensitivities. She has taken great offense to the changes sweeping through her town. The woman is completely blind to the negative impact her tyranny has had on her daughter or the strength it takes for her husband to stay loyal to their marriage. Before long, Olive will gain a deeper understanding of herself.
My Name is Lucy Barton: Lucy is stuck in the hospital. The doctors said her procedure was simple. But now, she’s bedridden, slowly recovering, which is why her mother has come to see her.
Their interactions are few and far between. Every so often, she will squeeze a laugh out of Lucy with the funny names she has assigned the nurses. But for the most part, the woman is silent.
Not so for Lucy. Elizabeth Strout puts the readers in Lucy’s head as she fills the awkward silences with stories about her life. She pulls back the curtain to reveal the complexities surrounding her childhood, including the poverty and abuse she had to overcome.
When Does The Next Elizabeth Strout book come out?
Elizabeth Strout doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is Lucy by the Sea and was released on September, 20th 2022. It is the newest book in the Amgash Series.