Elizabeth Wurtzel

Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel (July 31, 1967 – January 7, 2020) was an American feminist writer, essayist and journalist. She was known for publishing her best-selling memoir "Prozac Nation", at the age of 27. Wurtzel wrote regularly for "The Wall Street Journal."
She was played by Christina Ricci in a movie based on her memoir in 2001.
Wurtzel was born in New York City. She had a BA in comparative literature from Harvard College and a JD from Yale Law School. In 2015, she married James Freed.
In February 2015, Wurtzel was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a double mastectomy. Wurtzel died of meningitis caused by the cancer in New York City on January 7, 2020, aged 52.