![]() ![]() She adapted it as a play, and it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921. In 1920, she published the novel Miss Lulu Bett, a brilliant realisation of life in the Midwestern United States. ![]() ![]() She published Romance Island, in 1906, and began the popular series of "Friendship Village" stories. A visit back home in 1903 proved pivotal in her writing advancement as her 'old world was full of new possibilities.' Zona had now settled on the material she needed for her writing, and returned to Portage in 1904 to concentrate full time on fiction. After graduating she wrote for newspapers both in Milwaukee and New York for a number of years. Educated at Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years later a master's degree. Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin on August 26, 1874. ![]()
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