Eat pray love author biography examples

— -- She's inspired millions of people around the globe with her novels.

The New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert, 46, put her career on the map with her travel memoir “Eat Pray Love." In that book she chronicled her personal journey to finding true love and happiness.

"Eat Pray Love" sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and became so popular that Time Magazine named Gilbert one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Four years later, her book was turned into a film, starring Julia Roberts as Gilbert.

Now Gilbert is at it again with her first self-help book "Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear."

In “Big Magic," Gilbert asks the question, “Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures within you?”

Gilbert spoke with ABC News at the Omega Institute’s Being Bold Women and Power retreat, which helps women realize they ca