Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott (born 10 April 1954, in San Francisco) is an author of several novels and works of non-fiction. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, her non-fiction works are largely autobiographical, with strong doses of self-deprecating humor and covering such subjects as alcoholism, single motherhood, and Christianity. She appeals to her fans because of her sense of humor, her deeply felt insights, and her outspoken views on topics such as her left-of-center politics and her unconventional Christian faith. She is a graduate of Drew College Preparatory School in San Francisco, California. Her father, Kenneth Lamott, was also a writer and was the basis of her first novel Hard Laughter. Lamott's life is documented in Freida Lee Mock's 1999 documentary Bird by Bird: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott.

Novels

• Lamott, Anne (1980). Hard Laughter. Viking Press. ISBN 0670361402. 
• Lamott, Anne (1983). Rosie. Viking Press. ISBN 0670608289. 
• Lamott, Anne (1985). Joe Jones. North Point Press. ISBN 0865472092. 
• Lamott, Anne (1989). All New People. North Point Press. ISBN 0865473943. 
• Lamott, Anne (1997). Crooked Little Heart. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0679435212. 
• Lamott, Anne (2002). Blue Shoe. Riverhead Books. ISBN 1573222267. 

Non-fiction

• Lamott, Anne (1993). Operating Instructions: A Journal Of My Son’s First Year. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0679420916. 
• Lamott, Anne (1994). Bird by Bird : Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0679435204. 
• Lamott, Anne (1999). Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts on Faith. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0679442405. 
• Lamott, Anne (2005). Plan B : Further Thoughts on Faith. Riverhead Books. ISBN 1573222992. 
• Lamott, Anne (2007). Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith. Riverhead Books. ISBN 1594489424. 

Quotes

• "Laughter is carbonated holiness." (Plan B)
• "When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on for your reader." (Bird by Bird)
• "You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." (Traveling Mercies; although on page 22 of Bird by Bird she attributes this quote to "my priest friend Tom")

External links

• Salon.com: articles by Anne Lamott
• Lecturing Steven Barclay Agency
• Tavis Smiley interview with Anne Lamott, March 28, 2007
• Minnesota Public Radio Interview April 11, 2007

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