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1961 - Edson was born in Washington, D.C., on July 4th.
1983 - Graduated as magna cum laude from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
1991 - She returned to graduate school at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
- She began to write Wit, a year before receiving her master's degree in English literature from Georgetown.
1998 - She continued teaching elementary school in Washington, D.C.–English as a second language for five years and first grade for one year—until she moved to Atlanta and began teaching kindergarten.
1999 - Edson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
2001 - An HBO production of the play, directed by Mike Nichols and featuring Emma Thompson as the main character, won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie of the year.
1983 - Graduated as magna cum laude from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
1991 - She returned to graduate school at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
- She began to write Wit, a year before receiving her master's degree in English literature from Georgetown.
1998 - She continued teaching elementary school in Washington, D.C.–English as a second language for five years and first grade for one year—until she moved to Atlanta and began teaching kindergarten.
1999 - Edson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
2001 - An HBO production of the play, directed by Mike Nichols and featuring Emma Thompson as the main character, won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie of the year.
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