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Elizabeth Gilbert

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    (July 18, 1969- )
    Born in Waterbury, Connecticut
    Best-known for the memoir ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ (2006)
    Wrote the novels ‘The Signature of All Things’ (2013) and ‘City of Girls’ (2019)
    Wrote the short story collection ‘Pilgrims’ (1997)
    Wrote the self-help book ‘Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear’ (2015)

Why he might be annoying:

    She described herself as a ‘seduction addict,’ who ‘careened from one intimate entanglement to the next—dozens of them—without so much as a day off between romances.’
    She married her second husband, Jose Nunes (‘Felipe’ in ‘East, Pray, Love’), so he could return to the US after being deported to his native Brazil.
    She calls her readers 'Dear Ones.'
    She said of the effect of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ on her literary reputation, ‘What little respect I clawed my way to, I totally erased.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    She grew up without a television or record player.
    A New York Times profile noted about her time as a freelance magazine contributor, ‘Veteran editors still talk with reverence about articles she wrote two decades ago.’.
    ’Eat, Pray, Love’ spent 199 weeks on the New York Times best sellers list.
    She was one of a group of authors who raised $1 million for Syrian refugees in 31 hours (2016).

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 21 Votes: 33.33% Annoying