Born 1956 · United States
Booker 2026 · Shortlist
The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout · 70 when first published
Novel · 224 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:A well-liked history teacher in a small town on the Massachusetts coast hides a deep loneliness behind a busy, ordinary life, until an unexpected discovery forces him to rethink the people closest to him.
Booker 2022 · Shortlist
Oh William!
Elizabeth Strout · 65 when first published
Novel · 256 pages · Family, Love
AI-generated summary:A writer in New York, recently widowed, agrees to join her first husband on a trip to look into a family secret he has just uncovered, decades after their marriage ended.
Pulitzer 2009 · Winner
Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout · 52 when first published
Novel · 288 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:In the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine, a stern, terse schoolteacher watches her town and her family change around her, while neighbours, former pupils and her own husband and son wrestle with troubles of their own.