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lizabeth Gilbert was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1969, and grew up on a small family

Christmas tree farm. She attended New York University, where she studied political science by day and worked on her short stories by night. After college, she spent several years traveling around the country, working in bars, diners and ranches, collecting experiences to transform into fiction. These explorations eventually formed the basis of her first book a short story collection called PILGRIMS, which was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award, and which moved Annie Proulx to call her a young writer of incandescent talent. During these early years in New York, she also worked as a journalist for such publications as Spin, GQ and The New York Times Magazine. She was a three-time finalist for The National Magazine Award, and an article she wrote in GQ about her experiences bartending on the Lower East Side eventually became the basis for the movie COYOTE UGLY. In 2000, Elizabeth published her first novel, STERN MEN (a story of brutal territory wars between two remote fishing islands off the coast of Maine) which was a New York Times Notable Book. In 2002, Elizabeth published THE LAST AMERICAN MAN the true story of the modern day woodsman Eustace Conway. This book, her first work of non-fiction, was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Elizabeth is best known, however for her 2006 memoir EAT PRAY LOVE, which chronicled her journey alone around the world, looking for solace after a difficult divorce. The book was an international bestseller, translated into over thirty languages, with over 10 million copies sold worldwide. In 2010, EAT PRAY LOVE was made into a film starring Julia Roberts. The book became so popular that Time Magazine named Elizabeth as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2010, Elizabeth published a follow-up to EAT PRAY LOVE called COMMITTEDa memoir which explored her ambivalent feelings about the institution of marriage. The book immediately became a Number One New York Times Bestseller, and was also received with warm critical praise. As Newsweek wrote, COMMITTED retains plenty of Gilberts comic ruefulness and wide -eyed wonder, and NPR called the book a rich brew of newfound insight and wisdom. Her latest novel, THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, a sprawling tale of 19th century botanical exploration, will be published in autumn 2013. Elizabeth Gilbert lives in the small river town of Frenchtown, New Jersey, where she and her husband (more widely known as That Brazilian Guy From EAT PRAY LOVE) run a large and delightful imports store called TWO BUTTONS.

Elizabeth Gilbert naci en Waterbury, Connecticut en 1969, y creci en una granja de rboles de Navidad de la familia pequea. Ella asisti a la New York University, donde estudi ciencias polticas por da y trabajaba en sus cuentos por la noche. Despus de la universidad, pas varios aos viajando por todo el pas, trabajando en bares, cafeteras y ranchos, recogiendo la experiencia de transformar en ficcin. Estas exploraciones eventualmente formaron la base de su primer libro - una coleccin de cuentos llamada peregrinos, que fue finalista para el premio PEN / Hemingway, y que se mova Annie Proulx llamarla "un joven escritor de talento incandescente". Durante estos primeros aos en Nueva York, tambin trabaj como periodista en publicaciones como Spin, GQ y The New York Times Magazine. Fue finalista en tres ocasiones para el Premio Nacional de Revistas, y un artculo que escribi en GQ acerca de sus experiencias en bares en el Lower East Side, finalmente se convirti en la base para el COYOTE UGLY pelcula. En 2000, Elizabeth public su primera novela, MEN Stern (una historia de guerras brutales territorio entre dos islas de pesca alejadas de la costa de Maine), que fue el New York Times Book Notable. En 2002, Elizabeth public EL ULTIMO HOMBRE AMERICANO - la verdadera historia de la moderna leador Eustace Conway. Este libro, su primera obra de no ficcin, fue finalista tanto para el National Book Award y el National Book Critics Circle Award. Elizabeth es ms conocido, sin embargo, para 2006 su libro de memorias Eat Pray Love, una crnica de su viaje en solitario alrededor del mundo, en busca de consuelo despus de un divorcio difcil. El libro fue un bestseller internacional, traducido a ms de treinta idiomas, con ms de 10 millones de copias vendidas en todo el mundo. En 2010, Eat Pray Love se convirti en una pelcula protagonizada por Julia Roberts. El libro se hizo tan popular que la revista Time nombr a Elizabeth como una de las 100 personas ms influyentes del mundo. En 2010, Elizabeth public un seguimiento de Eat Pray Love llam COMPROMETIDOS-una memoria que explora sus sentimientos ambivalentes acerca de la institucin del matrimonio. El libro se convirti inmediatamente en un Number One New York Times best-seller, y tambin fue recibido con elogios de la crtica tibia. Como Newsweek escribi, COMPROMETIDA "conserva un montn de ruefulness cmica de Gilbert y el asombro con los ojos abiertos", y NPR llamado el libro "una mezcla rica de conocimiento newfound y la sabidura." Su ltima novela, LA FIRMA DE TODAS LAS COSAS, una historia extensa de exploracin botnica del siglo 19, se publicar en otoo de 2013. Elizabeth Gilbert vive en el pueblo pequeo ro de Frenchtown, Nueva Jersey, donde ella y su marido (ms conocida como "ese individuo brasileo de Eat, Pray, Love") dirigen una tienda de importaciones grande y agradable llamado dos botones.