In 2000, Hamilton was named a Notable Wisconsin Author by the Wisconsin Library Association. All of her books are set, at least in part, in Wisconsin. ``A Map of the World'' is set in Racine County, Wis. Of her writing, novelist Laura Moriarty says: ``I like Jane Hamilton for _her_ compassionate portrayals of characters most people would ridicule, and the way her books show the beauty of rural life without romanticizing it.'' <sep>, Pronoun: her