1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Florida’s Pulitzer Prize winning author, was born on this date in Washington, D.C. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939 for her best-selling novel, The Yearling. Rawlings lived in Cross Creek, FL, where she wrote six novels, a volume of short stories, and a collection of essays. In 2008, the U.S. Postal Service added the 24th collectible postage stamp to its Literary Arts series of commemorative stamps with their release of the 41-cent First-Class Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings stamp. Rawlings was a longtime member of the Florida Historical Society, speaking at Annual Meetings and even serving on the Board of Directors for a short time.