Appleton novelist, playwright, and short story writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, So Big. Other novels by her include Cimarron, Show Boat, and Giant, all of which were turned into successful stage musicals or films. Ferber also collaborated with George S. Kaufman on a number of plays and was a member of the Algonquin Round Table of writers in New York during the 1920s.

The Wisconsin Historical Society has manuscripts related to this topic. See the catalog description of the Edna Ferber Papers for details.

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[Source: American national biography (New York : Oxford University Press, 1999)American national biography / general editors, John A. Garraty, Mark C. Carnes. Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. Description: 24 v. ; 26 cm. Cover title: A N B Contents: v. 7. Dubuque-Fishbein; pps 827-28]