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ⓘ About Margaret Edson
She was the second child born to a newspaper columnist named Peter Edson (a newspaper columnist) and a social worker named Joyce Winifred Edson (a medical social worker). Much like her protagonist in “Wit”, Margaret is well acquainted with academia. A graduate of Sidwell Friends School, which is a Quaker run private school in Washington, where she’d been active in the drama program, she enrolled at Smith College in Massachusetts in the year 1979, earning her degree in Renaissance history in the year 1983. Edson, after she graduated, moved to Iowa City, Iowa, where her sister was living, and took a job selling hot dogs during the day and tended bar during the night time. She returned to her hometown, and got a job as a unit clerk in the cancer and AIDS treatment wing of a research hospital.
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Who is Margaret Edson?
She was the second child born to a newspaper columnist named Peter Edson (a newspaper columnist) and a social worker named Joyce Winifred Edson (a medical social worker). Much like her protagonist in “Wit”, Margaret is well acquainted with academia. A graduate of Sidwell Friends School, which is a Quaker run private school in Washington, where she’d been active in the drama program, she enrolled at Smith College in Massachusetts in the year 1979, earning her degree in Renaissance history in the year 1983.
Which Margaret Edson series should I start with?
Margaret Edson's book stands alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Wit: A Play (1995).
How many books has Margaret Edson written?
Margaret Edson has 1 book catalogued in this guide, published in 1995. They all sit in a single category — Plays — rather than in numbered series.
In what order should Margaret Edson's series be read?
No reading order is needed: the single book catalogued here does not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Margaret Edson's books organised into series?
This guide places Margaret Edson's single book in categories rather than numbered series: Plays (1 book).