Elizabeth Berg (born Dec 2, 1948) is an American novelist. Her writing career started when she won an essay contest in Parents magazine. Since her debut novel in 1993, her novels have sold in large numbers and have received several awards and nominations, even though some critics have tagged them as sentimental. She won the New England Book Awards in 1997. The three novels Durable Goods, Joy School and True to Form. Most recently, her essay "The Pretend Knitter" appears in the anthology Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting. Less