So Big and Show Boat.
Beginning her writing career as a reporter in Wisconsin, this author's early books introduced the traveling petticoat saleswoman, Emma McChesney. Her autobiographical works include A Peculiar Treasure and A Kind of Magic, and she collaborated with George S. Kaufman on the plays Dinner at Eight and Stage Door. One of her works told the story of Selina and Dirk Dejong and won the Pulitzer Prize. She was primarily known for her treatment of the Midwest in such novels as Cimarron. FTP, identify this American author, best-known for the novels So Big and Show Boat.
Beginning her writing career as a reporter in Wisconsin, this author's early books introduced the traveling petticoat saleswoman, Emma McChesney.
Edna Ferber