Elizabeth Berg
Author · 32 books
Elizabeth Berg is the author of many bestselling novels, including The Story of Arthur Truluv, Open House (an Oprah’s Book Club selection), Talk Before Sleep, and The Year of Pleasures, as well as the short story collection The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted. Durable Goods and Joy School were selected as ALA Best Books of the Year. She adapted The Pull of the Moon into a play that enjoyed sold-out performances in Chicago and Indianapolis. Berg’s work has been published in thirty countries, and three of her novels have been turned into television movies. She is the founder of Writing Matters, a quality reading series dedicated to serving author, audience, and community. She teaches one-day writing workshops and is a popular speaker at venues around the country. Some of her most popular Facebook postings have been collected in Make Someone Happy and Still Happy. She lives outside Chicago.
Series
Books
Ordinary Life
2001
Never Change
2001
The Handmaid and the Carpenter
2006
What We Keep
1998
Range of Motion
1994
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted
And Other Small Acts of Liberation
2008
Family Traditions
1992
Tapestry of Fortunes
2013
The Confession Club
2019
I'll Be Seeing You
A Memoir
2020
Durable Goods
1993
Say When
2003
Once Upon a Time, There Was You
2011
Open House
2000
Make Someone Happy
Favorite Postings
2016
The Dream Lover
2015
Night of Miracles
2018
The Art of Mending
2004
The Last Time I Saw You
2010
The Story of Arthur Truluv
2017
Until the Real Thing Comes Along
1999
Still Happy
2017
Joy School
1997
Earth's the Right Place for Love
A Novel
2023
Dream When You're Feeling Blue
2007
Escaping Into the Open
The Art of Writing True
1999
The Year of Pleasures
2005
Talk Before Sleep
1993
The Pull of the Moon
1996
We Are All Welcome Here
2006
True to Form
2002
Home Safe
2009
