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Ann Patchett
Writing Bel Canto and co-founding Parnassus Books.
Bel Canto · The Dutch House
- Born
- 2 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles
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Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett is an American novelist and essayist whose books examine relationships, family and unexpected communities.
Early life
Education
Grew up in Nashville, attended Sarah Lawrence College and studied at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
Career
- 1992
First novel
Published The Patron Saint of Liars.
- 2002
Literary prizes
Bel Canto won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize.
- 2011
Bookshop
Opened Parnassus Books with Karen Hayes in Nashville.
Selected work
Bel Canto
A novel centred on a hostage crisis.
The Dutch House
A family story organised around a lost home.
Tom Lake
A novel about memory, family and an earlier acting life.
Beyond work
Friendship
Her memoir Truth & Beauty explores her friendship with writer Lucy Grealy.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: JaceMerlyn. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.