Before she was the author of the phenomenal bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, about her trek to Italy, India, and Indonesia in search of herself, Elizabeth Gilbert was already an award-winning writer of both fiction and nonfiction. Her story collection, Pilgrims, was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and her 2002 book, The Last American Man, was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her 2015 book Big Magic reveals how to unleash one’s creativity.