Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber was an American author who wrote several books, as well as some plays. Her novels generally featured a strong female as the protagonist, although she fleshed out multiple characters in each book. She generally highlighted at least one strong secondary character that faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons;this enabled her to show that people are people, and that often the non-pretty have the best character.

Partial bibliography

American Beauty (1931)

Cimarron (1929)

Giant (1952)

Ice Palace (1958)

Saratoga Trunk

Show Boat

So Big (1923), for which she won the Pulitzer Prize

Due to her wonderful imagination in scene, characterization, and plot, several movies have been made based on her works: "Showboat" (a musical featuring Paul Robeson's marvelous rendition of "Old Man River"), "Giant" (starring Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean), "Saratoga Trunk" ,