Ann Patchett

strong >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 Best American Short Stories, 2006, and 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, most recently, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage , a collection of essays.

strong >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 Best American Short Stories, 2006, and 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, most recently, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage , a collection of essays. See less