Elizabeth Gilbert is an American writer, born on 18 July 1969 in Waterbury, Connecticut, and educated at New York University. She began as a magazine journalist, writing for Spin, GQ and The New York Times Magazine, and published a first story collection, Pilgrims, in 1997. Her memoir Eat, Pray, Love (2006) became an international bestseller and a 2010 film with Julia Roberts. Her other nonfiction includes The Last American Man, Committed, Big Magic and All the Way to the River (2025); her novels are Stern Men, The Signature of All Things and City of Girls.
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Elizabeth Gilbert is an American writer, born on 18 July 1969 in Waterbury, Connecticut, and educated at New York University. She began as a magazine journalist, writing for Spin, GQ and The New York Times Magazine, and published a first story collection, Pilgrims, in 1997. Her memoir Eat, Pray, Love (2006) became an international bestseller and a 2010 film with Julia Roberts. Her other nonfiction includes The Last American Man, Committed, Big Magic and All the Way to the River (2025); her novels are Stern Men, The Signature of All Things and City of Girls.
