Elizabeth gilbert author biography

Elizabeth Gilbert: Biography

Elizabeth Gilbert, an American writer and author of the bestselling book "Eat, Pray, Love", was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1969.

Her father was a chemical engineer, and her mother was a nurse.

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Gilbert grew up with her sister, writer and historian Catherine Gilbert-Murdock, on a small family farm in Litchfield, Connecticut, where they grew Christmas trees.

Living in a region without neighbors and without a television or even a record player, Gilbert and her sister spent their time reading and entertaining themselves by writing small books and plays.

In 1991, Gilbert received a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from New York University, after which she worked as a cook, waitress, and journalist. She wrote short stories about her culinary experiences and briefly mentioned them in her book "The Last American Man" (2002).

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