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Ann Patchett (born December 2, 1963) is an American author. She received the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction in the same year, for her novel Bel Canto.
Official website for Ann Patchett, owner of Parnassus Books and international best-selling author of Bel Canto, State of Wonder, and Commonwealth.
Jul 30, 2023 · Are you in possession of a hammock? A creaky old porch swing? A bay window with built-in seating? If not, Ann Patchett’s new novel, “Tom Lake,” will situate you there mentally.
ANN PATCHETT is the author of nine novels, The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician’s Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, Commonwealth, The Dutch House, and Tom Lake.
Sep 26, 2019 · Best-selling author Ann Patchett on rewriting her new book 'The Dutch House,' being mad at her neighbors and the inaccuracy of memories.
Jul 27, 2023 · Ann Patchett's ninth novel, 'Tom Lake,' distills the soul of her work and her life — her welcoming bookstore, her fear of distractions and her lack of regrets.
Aug 1, 2023 · NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Ann Patchett on her latest novel Tom Lake, which tackles family, maternal love and the secrets a mother may choose not to share with her children ...
Aug 4, 2023 · Ann Patchett’s new novel, “Tom Lake,” is set in northern Michigan during the early days of pandemic lockdown, and centers on a mother telling her grown daughters about the summer fling she...
Patchett was born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother is the novelist Jeanne Ray. She moved to Nashville, Tennessee when she was six, where she continues to live. Patchett said she loves her home in Nashville with her doctor husband and dog.
Nov 19, 2021 · In “These Precious Days,” Ann Patchett’s excellent collection of essays, she recalls her own father, an L.A. cop who scorned her writing ambitions and encouraged her to be a dental hygienist.
