| Ann Patchett | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 2 1963 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, memoirist |
| Nationality | American |
| Writing period | 1992 - present |
| Genres | Literary fiction |
| Debut works | Novel: The Patron Saint of Liars (1992) |
| Website | annpatchett.com |
Ann Patchett (born December 2, 1963) is an American author. She received the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 2002 for her novel Bel Canto. Patchett's other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, and The Magician's Assistant, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and received the Nashville Banner Tennessee Writer of the Year Award in 1994.
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Early years
Patchett was born in Los Angeles, California, but when she was five she moved to Tennessee, where she lives today. [1] [2]
Education
Patchett attended Sarah Lawrence College and took fiction writing classes with Allan Gurganus, Russell Banks, and Grace Paley. [3] She later attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. [1] It was there that she met longtime friend Elizabeth McCracken. It was also there that she wrote her first novel, The Patron Saint of Liars.
Published Work
Patchett's first published work was in The Paris Review. She sold her story to the journal and had it published before she graduated from Sarah Lawrence. For nine years, Patchett worked at Seventeen magazine. [1] She mostly wrote non-fiction, and the magazine would publish only one of every five articles she wrote. She said that the magazine was cruel and eventually she stopped taking criticism personally. [4] She ended her relationship with the magazine after getting into a fight with an editor and exclaiming "I’ll never darken your door again!" [1] In 1992, Patchett published The Patron Saint of Liars. [2] The novel was made into a movie of the same title in 1998. [5] She released Taft, her second novel, in 1994. The novel won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize in fiction. [2] Her third novel, The Magician’s Assistant, was released in 1997. Bel Canto, her fourth novel, was released in 2001 and won many awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award. [3] She is known for her friendship with fellow writer Lucy Grealy and has written a memoir about their relationship, Truth and Beauty: A Friendship. This is also her first non-fiction book. Patchett's latest novel, Run, was released in October 2007. [6] Patchett has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, O, The Oprah Magazine, ELLE, GQ, Gourmet, and Vogue. [3] She is the editor of the 2006 volume of the anthology series The Best American Short Stories.
Bibliography
Novels
- The Patron Saint of Liars (1992)
- Taft (1994)
- The Magician's Assistant (1997)
- Bel Canto (2001)
- Run (2007)
Nonfiction
- Truth & Beauty: A Friendship (2004)
References
- ^ a b c d Weich, Dave (2001-06-27). Ann Patchett Hits All the Right Notes. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ a b c Dukes, Jessica. Meet the Writers: Ann Patchett. Barnes & Noble. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
- ^ a b c ["http://www.annpatchett.com/aboutann.html" About Ann] (HTML). Ann Patchett's Official Website. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
- ^ Ann Patchett on The Patron Saint of Liars. HarperCollins (2006). Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
- ^ The Patron Saint of Liars. Internet Movie DataBase. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ BEA 2007: An Early Q&A with Ann Patchett. Amazon.co.uk (2007-06-18). Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
