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Ann Patchett

Born

in Los Angeles, CA, The United States

December 02, 1963

Website

http://www.annpatchett.com/

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction

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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. If asked if she could go any place, that place would always be home. "Home is ...the stable window that opens out into the imagination."

Patchett attended high school at St. Bernard Academy, a private, non-parochial Catholic school for girls run by the Sisters of Mercy. Following graduation, she attended Sarah Lawrence College and took fiction writing classes with Allan Gurganus, Russell Banks, and Grace Paley. She later attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa and the Fine Arts Wo ...more

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School’s Out: 19 New Reads for the Young & Young at Heart

It’s officially summertime for students here in Nashville, so the time has come for what every kid has been eagerly anticipating since this time last year… Summer reading! Just kidding. We know that y’all are ready to go swimming, hang out with friends at camp, and cool off with lots of ice cream cones. And we get it! This break from school to have fun and enjoy the outdoors truly is the best.

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Ann Patchett’s books

Average rating: 3.94 · 1,180,391 ratings · 109,208 reviews · 68 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Dutch House 4.11 avg rating — 348,440 ratings — published 2019 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bel Canto 3.93 avg rating — 261,891 ratings — published 2001 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	State of Wonder 3.88 avg rating — 176,121 ratings — published 2011 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Commonwealth 3.82 avg rating — 161,086 ratings — published 2016 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Patron Saint of Liars 3.85 avg rating — 41,914 ratings — published 1992 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Run 3.61 avg rating — 44,037 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truth & Beauty 3.95 avg rating — 39,243 ratings — published 2004 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magician's Assistant 3.69 avg rating — 38,556 ratings — published 1997 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This is the Story of a Happy Marriage really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28,904 ratings — published 2013 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	These Precious Days: Essays 4.51 avg rating — 15,690 ratings — published 2021 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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