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Wolitzer drew this picture of FDR in 1945.

Wolitzer and her husband, Morton, celebrate their wedding day, September 7, 1952, in Brooklyn, New York.

Wolitzer sits on a park bench with her daughters, Meg and Nancy, in 1964.

Wolitzer relaxes on the beach in Oyster Bay, New York, with her daughters in the 1960s.

Pictured here (clockwise): Wolitzer, Linda Pastan, Stanley Elkin (with his back to the camera), and Tim O’Brien talking at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in 1985.

Wolitzer has frequently visited schools across the country to teach children about writing—experiences that she remembers fondly. Pictured here is a thank-you note from a fifth-grade student in Greenville, South Carolina, circa 1992. 

Wolitzer enjoys time with her grandsons, Charlie and Gabriel, in Springs, New York, in 1996.

Wolitzer with her husband, now a retired psychologist.

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