October 25, 1967, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Place Of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Profession
Writer
Spouse
Cecil Barnes (m. 1910)
Children
Edward Larrabee Barnes, Benjamin Ayer, Cecil Barnes Jr.
Movies
The Age of Innocence
Star Sign
Gemini
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Fact
1
Attended Bryn Mawr College.
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At age 40 she broke her back in a traffic accident. She took up writing as a way to occupy her time. Between 1926 and 1930 she wrote several short stories and three plays, including an adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel "The Age of Innocence". In 1931 she won the Pulitzer Prize for her first novel, "Years of Grace".