Glaspell, Susan (1882-1948)

US dramatist and novelist. Her play Alison's House, whose heroine is modelled on the poet Emily Dickinson, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1931. She also wrote The Verge 1921, and the novels The Morning is Near Us 1940 and Judd Rankin's Daughter 1945.

She was born in Davenport, Iowa, studied at Drake University, Des Moines, and worked for a time as a reporter.