The play for which she won the Pulitzer Prize, "Wit," was her first (and, as of mid-2011, her only) play. At the time of its writing and first production (the late 1990s), Edson was an Atlanta-area kindergarten teacher; in the early 2010s, she is a sixth-grade teacher at Inman Middle School in Atlanta.
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Edson has known her longtime romantic partner, Linda Merill, since they met as undergraduates at Smith College. They have two sons together.
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Won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Wit".
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Graduated from the Sidwell Friends High School in Washington D.C. in the late 1970s. She was the commencement speaker at the Class of 2003's graduation.
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