- The character of Jett Rink in her novel "Giant" was loosely based upon the life of Texas oilman Glenn McCarthy. McCarthy built the Shamrock Hotel at a cost of $21 million. It opened on St. Patrick's Day 1949 with a grand-opening party costing over $1 million. Ferber was one of the guests who stayed in the hotel, and after meeting with him, she decided to write a novel based upon his life. McCarthy sold the hotel to the Hilton family in 1955.
- She made her acting debut in Orson Welles' 1939 non-musical, Mercury Theatre radio production of her own 1926 novel, "Show Boat," playing the role of Parthy Ann Hawks.
- Pictured on a USA 83¢ postage stamp issued 29 July 2002.
- Won a Pulitzer Prize for the novel "So Big" in 1925.
- She began as a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal.
- George S. Kaufman and her play, "Stage Door," at the Griffin Theatre Company in Chicago, IL, was nominated for the 2011 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Play.
- "Show Boat" in the Center Theatre Group production at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, was awarded the 1996 Drama Logue Award for Production.
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