Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of the short story collection "Pilgrims", which was a PEN/Hemingway Award finalist, a New York Times Notable Book, & one of "Glamour's" Best Books of the Year. "Pilgrims" also won best fiction awards from the "Paris Review", "GQ", & "Ploughshares". Currently a writer-at-large for "GQ", Gilbert lives in New York's Hudson Valley.