of Newspaper Columnists. She was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship in 2014 for her work. The Conversation Project In 2010, Goodman started "The Conversation Project", a group dedicated to the wishes of end-of-life care. Goodman serves as the co-founder and director of the group. Books Turning Points (1979) Close to Home (1979) At Large (1981) Keeping in Touch (1985) Making Sense (1989) Value Judgments (1993) I Know Just What You Mean: the power of friendship in women's lives (2000), by Goodman and Patricia O'Brien Paper Trail: common sense in uncommon times (2004) References Further reading External links Brief bio at the Boston Globe Conversation Project Ellen Goodman Articles 1941 births Living people American women journalists American political writers The Boston Globe people Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award recipients Jewish American writers People from Greater Boston Pulitzer Prize for Commentary winners Radcliffe College alumni Detroit Free Press people Buckingham Browne & Nichols School alumni Nieman Fellows Ashoka Fellows Ashoka USA Fellows 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women