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==Biography==
==Biography==
Patchett was born in [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref name="GoodReads">{{cite web| author = Anon. | date = September 14, 2016 | title = GoodReads: Ann Patchett [user submitted author biography] | access-date = 14 September 2016 | url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2531.Ann_Patchett| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080826132514/http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2531.Ann_Patchett | archivedate= 26 August 2008 | deadurl= no }}{{better source|date=September 2016}}</ref>{{better source|date=September 2016}} Her mother is the novelist Jeanne Ray.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bookpage.com/0205bp/jeanne_ray.html|title= For Jeanne Ray, Writing is All in the Family|author= Swilley, Stephanie|date= May 2002|work= BookPage|publisher= ProMotion, Inc.|accessdate=December 12, 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2016}} {{dead link|date=September 2016}}</ref>
Patchett was born in [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref name="GoodReads">{{cite web| author = Anon. | date = September 14, 2016 | title = GoodReads: Ann Patchett [user submitted author biography] | access-date = 14 September 2016 | url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2531.Ann_Patchett| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080826132514/http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2531.Ann_Patchett | archivedate= 26 August 2008 | deadurl= no }}{{better source|date=September 2016}}</ref>{{better source|date=September 2016}} Her mother is the novelist Jeanne Ray.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookpage.com/0205bp/jeanne_ray.html |title=For Jeanne Ray, Writing is All in the Family |author=Swilley, Stephanie |date=May 2002 |work=BookPage |publisher=ProMotion, Inc. |accessdate=December 12, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926124358/http://www.bookpage.com:80/0205bp/jeanne_ray.html |archivedate=September 26, 2010 |df= }} </ref>


When she was six, she moved to [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. Patchett attended St. Bernard Academy, a private Catholic school for girls run by the [[Sisters of Mercy]].<ref name="Powells.com">{{cite journal | author = Weich, Dave and Patchett, Ann | date = June 27, 2001 | title = Exclusive to Powell's, Author Interviews: Ann Patchett Hits All the Right Notes| format = interview | url = http://www.powells.com/authors/patchett.html | access-date = 14 September 2016 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20060204201609/http://www.powells.com/authors/patchett.html | archivedate= February 4, 2006 | deadurl= yes }}</ref>{{verification needed|date=September 2016}}<ref name="B&N">{{cite web| author =Dukes, Jessica and Patchett, Ann | title =Meet the Writers: Ann Patchett | work =barnesandnoble.com | format = biosketch and interview | url =http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?z=y&cid=1020421#interview| accessdate = 2007-07-02| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070608081636/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?z=y&cid=1020421| archivedate= 8 June 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= yes}}</ref><ref name="GoodReads"/> Following graduation, she attended [[Sarah Lawrence College]].<ref name="AP Website" >{{cite web | author = Patchett, Ann | date = September 14, 2016 | title = About Ann | work = annpatchett.com ''[personal website]'' | format = autobiography | url= http://www.annpatchett.com/about/| access-date =14 September 2016 }}{{third-party inline|date=September 2016}}</ref> She later attended the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]] at the [[University of Iowa]] and the [[Fine Arts Work Center]] in [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]].<ref name="Powells.com" /> It was also there that she wrote her first novel, ''The Patron Saint of Liars''.<ref name="Powells.com" />{{verification needed|date=September 2016}}
When she was six, she moved to [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. Patchett attended St. Bernard Academy, a private Catholic school for girls run by the [[Sisters of Mercy]].<ref name="Powells.com">{{cite journal|author=Weich, Dave and Patchett, Ann |date=June 27, 2001 |title=Exclusive to Powell's, Author Interviews: Ann Patchett Hits All the Right Notes |format=interview |url=http://www.powells.com/authors/patchett.html |access-date=14 September 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060204201609/http://www.powells.com/authors/patchett.html |archivedate=February 4, 2006 |deadurl=yes |df= }}{{verification needed|date=September 2016}}</ref><ref name="B&N">{{cite web| author =Dukes, Jessica and Patchett, Ann | title =Meet the Writers: Ann Patchett | work =barnesandnoble.com | format = biosketch and interview | url =http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?z=y&cid=1020421#interview| accessdate = 2007-07-02| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070608081636/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?z=y&cid=1020421| archivedate= 8 June 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= yes}}</ref><ref name="GoodReads"/> Following graduation, she attended [[Sarah Lawrence College]].<ref name="AP Website" >{{cite web | author = Patchett, Ann | date = September 14, 2016 | title = About Ann | work = annpatchett.com ''[personal website]'' | format = autobiography | url= http://www.annpatchett.com/about/| access-date =14 September 2016 }}{{third-party inline|date=September 2016}}</ref> She later attended the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]] at the [[University of Iowa]] and the [[Fine Arts Work Center]] in [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]].<ref name="Powells.com" /> It was also there that she wrote her first novel, ''The Patron Saint of Liars''.<ref name="Powells.com" />{{verification needed|date=September 2016}}


In 2010, she co-founded Parnassus Books with Karen Hayes; the store opened in November 2011.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Patchett, Ann | date = December 2012 | title= The Bookstore Strikes Back | journal = [[The Atlantic]] | url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/12/the-bookstore-strikes-back/309164/ | access-date =March 6, 2014}}</ref> In 2016, Parnassus Books branched out with a mobile bookmobile, piggybacking on success of food trucks, and expanding the reach of the bookstore in Nashville.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/business/media/a-bookstore-hits-the-road-with-dogs-in-tow.html?_r=0</ref> n 2012, Patchett was on the [[Time 100]] list of most influential people in the world by ''[[TIME]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Gilbert, Elizabeth |date= April 18, 2012 | title = The World's 100 Most Influential People, 2012: Ann Patchett, Writer | journal = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2112138,00.html | accessdate = 14 September 2016}}</ref>
In 2010, she co-founded Parnassus Books with Karen Hayes; the store opened in November 2011.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Patchett, Ann | date = December 2012 | title= The Bookstore Strikes Back | journal = [[The Atlantic]] | url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/12/the-bookstore-strikes-back/309164/ | access-date =March 6, 2014}}</ref> In 2016, Parnassus Books branched out with a mobile bookmobile, piggybacking on success of food trucks, and expanding the reach of the bookstore in Nashville.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/business/media/a-bookstore-hits-the-road-with-dogs-in-tow.html?_r=0</ref> n 2012, Patchett was on the [[Time 100]] list of most influential people in the world by ''[[TIME]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Gilbert, Elizabeth |date= April 18, 2012 | title = The World's 100 Most Influential People, 2012: Ann Patchett, Writer | journal = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2112138,00.html | accessdate = 14 September 2016}}</ref>
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* {{cite web| title =Ann Patchett on The Patron Saint of Liars| work=HarperCollins| year =2006| url =http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=20650&isbn13=9780060540753&displayType=bookinterview| accessdate = 2007-06-03 }}
* {{cite web| title =Ann Patchett on The Patron Saint of Liars| work=HarperCollins| year =2006| url =http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=20650&isbn13=9780060540753&displayType=bookinterview| accessdate = 2007-06-03 }}
* [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/AuthorsOnAir/Book-Club-Girl/2008/09/24/Book-Club-Girl-talks-with-Ann-Patchett-author-of-Run Book Club Girl Audio Interview with Ann Patchett]
* [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/AuthorsOnAir/Book-Club-Girl/2008/09/24/Book-Club-Girl-talks-with-Ann-Patchett-author-of-Run Book Club Girl Audio Interview with Ann Patchett]
* [http://www.styleblueprint.com/the-arts/packing-dilemmas-ann-patchett/ StyleBlueprint - Packing with Ann Patchett]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110513055943/http://www.styleblueprint.com:80/the-arts/packing-dilemmas-ann-patchett/ StyleBlueprint - Packing with Ann Patchett]
* [http://www.npr.org/2014/01/23/265228054/patchett-in-bad-relationships-there-comes-a-day-when-you-gotta-go NPR Fresh Air interview, 2014-01-23]
* [http://www.npr.org/2014/01/23/265228054/patchett-in-bad-relationships-there-comes-a-day-when-you-gotta-go NPR Fresh Air interview, 2014-01-23]
* {{cite web| title = The Patron Saint of Liars| work =Internet Movie DataBase| url =http://imdb.com/title/tt0119869/| accessdate = 2007-07-03 }}
* {{cite web| title = The Patron Saint of Liars| work =Internet Movie DataBase| url =http://imdb.com/title/tt0119869/| accessdate = 2007-07-03 }}

Revision as of 13:59, 14 October 2016

Ann Patchett
Patchett at the 2012 Time 100 gala
Patchett at the 2012 Time 100 gala
Born (1963-12-02) December 2, 1963 (age 60)
Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationNovelist, memoirist
NationalityAmerican
Period1992–present
GenreLiterary fiction
Notable worksBel Canto
Website
annpatchett.com

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.[1][2] Patchett's other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars (1992),[3] Taft (1994),[4] The Magician's Assistant (1997),[not verified in body] Run (2007),[5] State of Wonder (2011), and Commonwealth (2016).

Biography

Patchett was born in Los Angeles, California.[6][better source needed] Her mother is the novelist Jeanne Ray.[7]

When she was six, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Patchett attended St. Bernard Academy, a private Catholic school for girls run by the Sisters of Mercy.[3][4][6] Following graduation, she attended Sarah Lawrence College.[8] She later attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts.[3] It was also there that she wrote her first novel, The Patron Saint of Liars.[3][verification needed]

In 2010, she co-founded Parnassus Books with Karen Hayes; the store opened in November 2011.[9] In 2016, Parnassus Books branched out with a mobile bookmobile, piggybacking on success of food trucks, and expanding the reach of the bookstore in Nashville.[10] n 2012, Patchett was on the Time 100 list of most influential people in the world by TIME magazine.[11]

Writing

Patchett at the Miami Book Fair International 2014

Patchett's first published work was in The Paris Review,[citation needed] where she published a story before she graduated from Sarah Lawrence College.[citation needed]

For nine years, Patchett worked at Seventeen magazine,[3] where she wrote primarily non-fiction and the magazine published one of every five articles she wrote. She ended her relationship with the magazine after getting into a dispute with an editor and exclaiming, "I’ll never darken your door again!"[3]

Patchett has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, O, The Oprah Magazine, ELLE, GQ, Gourmet, and Vogue.[8][third-party source needed]

In 1992, Patchett published The Patron Saint of Liars.[4] The novel was made into a television movie of the same title in 1998.[citation needed] Her second novel Taft won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize in fiction in 1994.[4] Her third novel, The Magician’s Assistant, was released in 1997.[citation needed] In 2001, her fourth novel Bel Canto was her breakthrough, becoming a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist,[12] and winning the PEN/Faulkner Award.[1]

A friend of writer Lucy Grealy, Patchett has written a memoir about their relationship, Truth and Beauty: A Friendship.[citation needed] Patchett's novel, Run,[5] was released in October 2007.[citation needed] What now?, published in April 2008, is an essay based on a commencement speech she delivered at her alma mater in 2006.[citation needed]

Patchett is the editor of the 2006 volume of the anthology series The Best American Short Stories.[13] In 2011 she published State of Wonder, a novel set in the Amazon jungle, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize.[2][better source needed] .

Awards and honors

For specific works

For corpus

Published works

Novels

  • Patchett, Ann (1992). The Patron Saint of Liars [A Richard Todd book]. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 039561306X. Retrieved 14 September 2016. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)
  • Patchett, Ann (1994). Taft. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved 14 September 2016. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) Reprinted in the following year, see Taft. New York, NY: Random House. 1995. ISBN 0804113882. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  • Patchett, Ann (1997). The Magician's Assistant. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[full citation needed]
  • Patchett, Ann (2001). Bel Canto. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[full citation needed]
  • Patchett, Ann (2007). Run. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[full citation needed]
  • Patchett, Ann (2011). State of Wonder. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[full citation needed]
  • Patchett, Ann (2016). Commonwealth. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[full citation needed]

Nonfiction

References

  1. ^ a b c PEN/Faulkner Staff (2002). "Past Winners & Finalists: 2002—Ann Patchett, Bel Canto". penfaulkner.org. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Brown, Mark (April 17, 2012). "Orange Prize 2012 Shortlist Puts Ann Patchett in Running for Second Victory". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Weich, Dave and Patchett, Ann (June 27, 2001). "Exclusive to Powell's, Author Interviews: Ann Patchett Hits All the Right Notes". Archived from the original (interview) on February 4, 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[verification needed]
  4. ^ a b c d e Dukes, Jessica and Patchett, Ann. "Meet the Writers: Ann Patchett". barnesandnoble.com. Archived from the original (biosketch and interview) on 8 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b Hart, Jennifer, and Patchett, Ann (September 24, 2008). "Book Club Girl Talks With Ann Patchett, Author of Run". Retrieved 14 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b Anon. (September 14, 2016). "GoodReads: Ann Patchett [user submitted author biography]". Archived from the original on 26 August 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)[better source needed]
  7. ^ Swilley, Stephanie (May 2002). "For Jeanne Ray, Writing is All in the Family". BookPage. ProMotion, Inc. Archived from the original on September 26, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b Patchett, Ann (September 14, 2016). "About Ann" (autobiography). annpatchett.com [personal website]. Retrieved 14 September 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)[third-party source needed]
  9. ^ Patchett, Ann (December 2012). "The Bookstore Strikes Back". The Atlantic. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  10. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/business/media/a-bookstore-hits-the-road-with-dogs-in-tow.html?_r=0
  11. ^ Gilbert, Elizabeth (April 18, 2012). "The World's 100 Most Influential People, 2012: Ann Patchett, Writer". Time. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  12. ^ a b NBCC Staff (2001). "All Past National Book Critics Circle Award Winners and Finalists: 2001 Awards, Fiction Finalists". bookcritics.org [National Book Critics Circle]. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  13. ^ Books, Used, New, and Out of Print Books - We Buy and Sell - Powell's. "Best American Short Stories 2006 by Patchett, Ann". www.powells.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Wellcome Collection Staff (2011). "All books A-Z: State of Wonder, By Ann PatchettS, Shortlist 2011". wellcomebookprize.org [Wellcome Collection's Wellcome Book Prize]. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  15. ^ Guggenheim Fndn. Staff (1995). "Fellows: Ann Patchett, 1995; Field of Study, Fiction". gf.org [John and Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation]. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  16. ^ Watts, Jr., James D. (March 30, 2014). "Ann Patchett is 2014 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award Recipient". Tulsa World. Retrieved 14 September 2016.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Further reading

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