
Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist and short-story writer. Her most famous works include So Big and Show Boat.1
Works
Novels
- Dawn O’Hara, The Girl Who Laughed (1911)
- Fanny Herself (1917)
- The Girls (1921)
- Gigolo (1922)
- So Big (1924)
- Show Boat (1926)
- Cimarron (1930)
- American Beauty (1931)
- Come and Get It (1935)
- Saratoga Trunk (1941)
- Great Son (1945)
- Giant (1952)
- Ice Palace (1958)
Novellas and Story Collections
- Buttered Side Down (1912)
- Roast Beef, Medium (1913)
- Personality Plus (1914)
- Emma Mc Chesney and Co. (1915)
- Cheerful – By Request (1918)
- Half Portions (1919)
- Mother Knows Best (1927)
- They Brought Their Women (1933)
- Nobody’s in Town: Two Short Novels (1938)
- One Basket: Thirty-One Short Stories (1947)
Autobiographies
- A Peculiar Treasure (1939)
- A Kind of Magic (1963)
Plays
- Our Mrs. McChesney (1915)
- $1200 a Year: A Comedy in Three Acts (1920)
- Minick (1924)
- Stage Door (1926)
- The Royal Family (1927)
- Dinner at Eight (1932)
- The Land Is Bright (1941)
- Bravo (1949)
Screenplays
- Saratoga Trunk (1945)
See also
External Links
- Goodreads profile
- Internet Broadway Database profile
- IMDb profile
- Works on Faded Page
- Works on Internet Archive
- Works on LibriVox
- Works on Project Gutenberg
References
1. “Edna Ferber.” Encyclopedia Britannica. Accessed September 3, 2020.