2. Edna Ferber Ferber was Born on August 15 1885 in Kalamazoo Michigan Her parents were Jacob Ferber and Neumann Ferber. (this was Edna ferber as a child)

3. Edna Ferber Ferber was the middle child of three children She had 2 sisters.

4. Edna Ferber (this was the house that Edna Ferber grew up in.)

5. Edna Ferber This is a picture of Ferber graduating

6. Edna Ferber Her first job was as a newspaper writer for the Appleton daily crest. Ferber always wanted to be actress, but became a writer.

7. Edna Ferber This was Edna Ferber's first publicity photo.

8. Edna Ferber Novelist and play writer Edna Ferber began her writing career as a reporter in her native Michigan She was best known for her books and plays that became famous movies like showboat and stage door.

9. Edna Ferber This is a picture of Edna Ferber in the 1920's.

10. Edna Ferber In 1924 her novel So Big brought her critical acclaim. She won the Pulitzer prize for it and sold over 300,000 copies.

11. Edna Ferber (This was one of her Most famous books called So big.)

12. Edna Ferber Ferber wrote 2 short story collections these book being named Being Better and sided down. The other collection was Fanny herself, The girls, and gigolo. Ferber wrote all kinds of books like poems, short stories, autobiographies, biographies and many more.

13. Edna Ferber Many of ferbers novels were made into plays. The most poplar and successful being showboat.

14. Edna Ferber Edna loved working in her garden and being outside.

15. Famous quotes by Edna Ferber “Being and old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.” “Whoever said love conquers all was a fool, Because almost everything conquers love or tries to.

16. Edna Ferber Ferber was said to be “the greatest American woman novelist of her time.” Fer wrote 2 autobiographies named “A perculiar treasure” and “A kind of magic.”

17. Edna Ferber Edna Ferber was never married and didn't want to be either. Edna never had any children.

18. Edna Ferber Edna had a school named after her after she died. She was diagnosed with lung cancer 4 years before her death.

19. Edna Ferber This was Edna right before she passed away.

20. Edna Ferber Ferber died at 82 years old because of lung cancer at her home in new york. The new york times wrote her obituary.

21. Credits www.csustan.edu Www.apl.org/history/photos.html www.biography.com/people/edna-ferber9293049 www.goodreads.com Created By: Chloe Ward