Alternate Name: Jones, Edith Newbold
Occupation: American novelist, short story writer, designer
Born: 1862-01-24 in New York City, New York
Died: August 11, 1937 in Saint-Brice-sous-Foręt, France
Edith Wharton, born Edith Newbold Jones (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937), was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer.