Which novel by Elizabeth Strout won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2009?

The Elizabeth Strout work that won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is Olive Kitteridge.

Published in 2008, Olive Kitteridge is set in the fictional coastal town of Crosby, Maine. It consists of 13 interrelated stories, with Olive appearing as the central character in some and in smaller or cameo roles in others. Together, the pieces build a portrait of Olive, her family, and her community across many years.

The book’s unusual structure explains why it is sometimes described as both a novel and a short-story cycle. Its stories are connected by setting, recurring characters, memory, and emotional consequences rather than by a single continuous plot.

Readers sometimes confuse the winner with Strout’s later novels My Name Is Lucy Barton or Anything Is Possible. Neither won the 2009 prize. Olive Kitteridge was later adapted into a 2014 HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand, which won multiple Emmy Awards.