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Praise for Ann Patchett: “One of the most beloved authors of her generation - Sunday Times

Ann Patchett leads us with the intelligence, detail, wit and nuance of the greatest chroniclers of human nature and relationships. Nothing escapes her - Rachel Joyce

Ann Patchett is the author of nine previous novels, three works of non-fiction and two children’s books.. Her most recent book, Tom Lake, was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, as well as a BBC Radio 2 and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Her novel The Dutch House was also a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and longlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize. In 2002 she won the Orange Prize for Fiction with Bel Canto, a prize she has also twice been shortlisted for with The Magician’s Assistant in 1998 and State of Wonder in 2012. Her novels The Magician’s Assistant and State of Wonder were also both shortlisted for the Women’s Prize. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, she was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband, Karl.