Elizabeth Dewberry
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Brief Biography
Elizabeth Dewberry was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. After completing her undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University, she pursued graduate studies at the University of Alabama before transferring to Emory University, where she obtained her PhD in American literature in 1989. Dewberry’s debut novel, Many Things Have Happened Since He Died, was published in 1990. Dewberry went on to hold teaching positions at Samford University and Ohio State University while continuing to write novels. In the mid-1990s, Dewberry began writing plays, and she was playwright-in-residence at Florida State University in the early 2000s. Today, Dewberry is settled in Florida and continues to write novels and plays.
Publications
Many Things Have Happened Since He Died: And Here Are the Highlights. New York; Doubleday, 1990.
Break the Heart of Me. New York; N.A. Talese, 1994.
Flesh and Blood. Woodstock Ill.; Dramatic Publishing, 1997.
Sacrament of Lies. New York; Berkley, 2002.
His Lovely Wife. Boston; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006.
Break the Heart of Me. New York; N.A. Talese, 1994.
Flesh and Blood. Woodstock Ill.; Dramatic Publishing, 1997.
Sacrament of Lies. New York; Berkley, 2002.
His Lovely Wife. Boston; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006.
Themes
Elizabeth Dewberry writes novels and plays often set in the South. Her works include strong female characters and involve themes like identity and danger.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
Collection
Citation
Dewberry, Elizabeth, “Elizabeth Dewberry,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/570.