Zona Gale was an American writer born in Wisconsin where she received a degree in Literature from the University of Wisconsin in 1895. She used the rural landscapes of Wisconsin for the setting of many of her books. She wrote a series of novels called the Friendship Village Stories. In Miss Lulu Bett Lulu lives with her sister acting as a servant until one evening she is joking around with the brother of her brother-in-law. Because there was a magistrate presen, t their joking accidentally found them married to each other. They decide to stay married. A month later Lulu is home after discovering that her new husband has been married for 2 days 16 years ago and had forgotten to get divorced. Miss Lulu Bett was later written as a play that received the Pulitzer Prize in 1921.