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Talk about the author--Ellen Goodman Ellen Goodman is an American original. Her abundant talents -- intellect, wit, style, news judgment -make her successful. Her Pulitzer Prize winning commentary appears in more than 375 newspapers. Personal life Goodman was born in Newton, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Jacob Holtz and Edith Weinstein Holtz, and is the sister of architecture critic and author Jane Holtz Kay. Goodman graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College in 1963 with a degree in modern European history. She married her first husband, Anthony Goodman, in 1963 and gave birth to their daughter Katie in 1968. After their divorce, she married her second husband, journalist Bob Levey, in 1982. Her step-son Gregory Levey died by self-immolation. Pictures-------------------------the same person A story about her Goodman’s books Collections of columns Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times (Simon Schuster, 2004) Close to Home (Simon Schuster, 1979) At Large (Summit Books, 1981) Keeping in Touch (Summit Books, 1985) Making Sense (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989) Value Judgments (Farrar Straus Giroux, 1993) Other books: Turning Points (Doubleday, 1979) I Know Just What You Mean: The Power of Friendship in Women’s Lives (Simon Schuster, 2000). With Patricia O’Brien Awards Goodman’s work has won many other awards, including the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award in 1980. She received the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights in 1988. In 1993, at its Seventh Annual Exceptional Merit Media Award Ceremony, The National Women’s Political Caucus gave her the President’s Award. In 1994, the Women’s Research Education Institute presented her with their American Woman Award. Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph