She won the Pulitzer in 1925 for her story of Selina DeJong and her son entitled "So Big".  
In 1954 she said "A woman can be both moral and exciting - if she also looks as if it were quite a struggle", which provides a good description of her recurring character Emma McChesney, as well as the writer Dawn O'Hara, the title character of her first novel.  She was a frequent collaborator of George S. Kaufman, their works together included "Minick", "Dinner at Eight", and "Stage Door".  She won the Pulitzer in 1925 for her story of Selina DeJong and her son entitled "So Big".  FTP, name this American author of "Cimmaron" and "Show Boat".
In 1954 she said "A woman can be both moral and exciting - if she also looks as if it were quite a struggle", which provides a good description of her recurring character Emma McChesney, as well as the writer Dawn O'Hara, the title character of her first novel.  
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