Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett is the author of seven novels: The Patron Saint of Liars , Taft , The Magician's Assistant , Bel Canto , Run , State of Wonder , and Commonwealth . She was the editor of The Best American Short Stories 2006 , and she has written three books of nonfiction: Truth & Beauty , about her friendship with the writer Lucy Grealy, What Now? , an expansion of her graduation address at Sarah Lawrence College, and This is the Story of a Happy Marriage , a collection of essays examining the...See more

Ann Patchett is the author of seven novels: The Patron Saint of Liars , Taft , The Magician's Assistant , Bel Canto , Run , State of Wonder , and Commonwealth . She was the editor of The Best American Short Stories 2006 , and she has written three books of nonfiction: Truth & Beauty , about her friendship with the writer Lucy Grealy, What Now? , an expansion of her graduation address at Sarah Lawrence College, and This is the Story of a Happy Marriage , a collection of essays examining the theme of commitment. Her books have been both New York Times Notable Books and New York Times bestsellers. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. In 2011, she opened Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, with her business partner Karen Hayes. See less