We spoke with Gilbert, whose new book, Big Magic, will be released this month, about finding a muse, the myth of the suffering artist and the power of being scared silly.
Katie Underwood
Watch the trailer for Elizabeth Gilbert's The Signature of All Things
Anna Redman
Elizabeth Gilbert shifts focus from her best-selling memoir to a new tale about a woman growing up in 19th-century America who searches for love while exploring the mysteries of science.
Chatelaine
After the hugely successful memoir Eat, Pray, Love and its companion, Committed, Gilbert offers up a sweeping 19-century-style saga about a brilliant woman coming of age in the evolving world of science and exploration.
A brilliant scientist discovers that romance isn’t as easy to pin down as one of her specimens.
