Edna Ferber
American novelist, short story writer and playwright
Ann Patchett is an acclaimed American author who has won prestigious awards like the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has written several acclaimed novels, including Bel Canto, The Dutch House, and Commonwealth. Patchett’s works have been recognized for their literary excellence and have earned critical acclaim.
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About the Ann Patchett
Ann Patchettis 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. Patchett’s other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars (1992), Taft (1994), The Magician’s Assistant (1997), Run (2007), State of Wonder (2011), Commonwealth (2016), The Dutch House (2019), and Tom Lake (2023). The Dutch House was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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Ann Patchett was born on December 2, 1963.
Ann Patchett has won the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel Bel Canto.
Some of Ann Patchett’s most famous novels include Bel Canto, The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician’s Assistant, Run, State of Wonder, Commonwealth, and The Dutch House.
Yes, The Dutch House by Ann Patchett was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Ann Patchett’s latest novel is titled Tom Lake, which was published in 2023.
Ann Patchett’s novels are primarily literary fiction, known for their depth, character development, and exploration of complex themes.
Ann Patchett is an American author, born and raised in the United States.
10 Quotes by Ann Patchett
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I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.
Ann PatchettAmerican novelist and memoirist
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People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn’t want a baby, and I still don’t. I wanted a dog.
Ann PatchettAmerican novelist and memoirist
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Part of it is living in Tennessee. I’m so out of the loop. And as a person, I’m out of the loop. I’m oblivious by nature.
Ann PatchettAmerican novelist and memoirist
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I don’t write for an audience, I don’t think whether my book will sell, I don’t sell it before I finish writing it.
Ann PatchettAmerican novelist and memoirist
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Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you’re looking to sell something.
Ann PatchettAmerican novelist and memoirist
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You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no.
Ann PatchettAmerican novelist and memoirist
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Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a wife, were the two things I really wound up cashing in on when I was writing fluffy magazine pieces.
Ann PatchettAmerican novelist and memoirist
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I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It’s a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens.
Ann PatchettAmerican novelist and memoirist
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I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it’s like writing a grocery list.
Ann PatchettAmerican novelist and memoirist
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Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it’s really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it’s really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on.
Ann PatchettAmerican novelist and memoirist