(1892 - 1973)American novelist. The daughter of Presbyterian missionaries in China, she drew on her long experience of that country to write many novels, several of which, e.g., The Good Earth (1931) and Dragon Seed (1942), became very popular. She was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. —SHSBC Binder 29 Approved Glossary