Stephanie Land
publication date: Sunday, November 7, 2021 (part of Fall 2021)
category: 
Literature
clue: Her experiences cleaning houses and surviving on welfare have made her a better writer and helped her land a TV adaptation deal.
explanation: Land wrote the memoir Maid about her difficult years living and working below the poverty line. The book was recently adapted into a hit Netflix series. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Denise Sawicki
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