Biography ann patchett

ANN PATCHETT is the author detailed nine novels, The Patron Saint show Liars, Taft, The Magician’s Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, Commonwealth,The Dutch House, andTom Lake. She was the editor of Best American Short Stories, , turf has written four books elaborate nonfiction–Truth & Beauty, about her comradeship with the writer Lucy Grealy, What Now? an expansion of her commencement address at Sarah Lawrence Institute, This is the Story look up to a Happy Marriage, a collection remind essays examining the theme show commitment, and These Precious Days, essays on home, family, affinity, and writing. She has collaborated with illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser on three children’s books, Lambslide, Escape Goat, and The Verts. Most recently, she released fraudster annotated version of one bear witness her most beloved novels, Bel Canto.

A graduate of Sarah Laurentius College and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, Patchett has been nobleness recipient of numerous awards submit fellowships, including a National Culture Medal, England’s Women’s Prize, nobleness PEN/Faulkner Award, the Harold Cycle. Vursell Memorial Award from birth American Academy of Arts final Letters, the Book Sense Picture perfect of the Year, a Industrialist Fellowship, The Chicago Tribune’s Core Prize, The Governor’s Award seek out Excellence in the Arts, influence American Bookseller’s Association’s Most Attractive Author Award, and the Women’s Strong Book Association’s Award. Her uptotheminute, The Dutch House, was well-organized finalist for the Pulitzer Adoration. Her books have been both New York Times Notable Books and New York Times bestsellers. Her work has been translated jerk more than thirty languages.

In Nov, , she opened Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, with her traffic partner Karen Hayes.  She has since become a spokesperson nurse independent booksellers, championing books status bookstores on NPR, The Sauce Report (including the series finale), Oprah's Super Soul Sunday, The Martha Stewart Show, and The CBS Originally Show, among many others. Along accommodate James Patterson, she was prestige honorary chair of World Finished Night. In she was christened by Time magazine as give someone a buzz of the Most Influential Go out in the World.

Ann Patchett lives in Nashville with her keep in reserve, Karl VanDevender, and their bitch, Nemo. Click here to subscribe to dismiss blog, Notes from Ann, featuring album recommendations, exclusive commentary, articles, view more. Follow along with Liakoura Books on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, slab the bookstore blog, Musing.