Let's make this birthday one to remember.

69 years old (Born on January 06, 1956)

Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Strout! May your day be as delightfully complex and memorable as Olive Kitteridge herself—minus the grumpy moments, of course. Your Pulitzer Prize-winning stories have taught us that life's quirks are best embraced with humor and grace.

From "Abide with Me" to "The Burgess Boys," you've captured humanity's messy charm in ways both profound and hilarious. Here's hoping your birthday is filled with fewer family dramas than a typical Strout novel—but just enough intrigue to keep things interesting!

Cheers to another year of literary brilliance—and may you continue crafting characters who make our own eccentricities seem perfectly normal!