Edna Ferber (Kalamazoo, 1887 - New York, 1968). Writer and American dramatist. Independent and energetic feminist figure «avant la lettre», she is the author of novels and plays of a sentimental and romantic tone that are highly appreciated by the general public. After a brief journalistic experience, from which he drew valuable inspiration for his stories about the American small and middle bourgeoisie, he made his debut in 1908 with the publication of a series of stories centered on Mrs. McChesney, an ambitious businesswoman, who It won him great popularity. Its deep roots in the Midwest and the love for its people and its land, are some of the inspiring elements of its narrative, characterized by a lucid analysis of social tensions and dominated by an epic breath. She is the author of works as well known as Cimarron (1930), Gigante (1950) or ¡Así de grande !, with which she won the Pulitzer.