13 Facts About Margaret Edson

Margaret "Maggie" Edson was born on July 4,1961 and is an American playwright.

Margaret Edson is a recipient of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Wit.

Margaret Edson returned to her hometown of Washington, DC, and acquired a job as unit clerk in the AIDS and cancer treatment wing of a research hospital.

At this point, Margaret Edson decided to pursue a doctorate in literature, but first wished to write a play.

Margaret Edson worked at a bicycle store in Washington and spent the summer of 1991 writing the first draft of Wit.

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Margaret Edson enrolled in the graduate program in English at Georgetown University in the fall of 1991 While in graduate school, Edson volunteered in a DC elementary school.

Margaret Edson taught English as a Second Language and first grade in DC Public Schools for six years.

Margaret Edson sent the text of Wit to sixty theaters across the country.

Margaret Edson was presented with the John Gassner and George Oppenheimer playwriting awards, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Margaret Edson has continued teaching with no plans to write another play.

Margaret Edson teaches sixth grade social studies at Atlanta's public David T Howard High School and, before Inman Middle School in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood of Atlanta was enfolded into Howard, taught the same grade and subject at Inman.

Margaret Edson taught at John Hope Elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia.

Margaret Edson has given many public lectures including the 2008 commencement address at Smith College.