Writing · Novel
Born Dec 2, 1963 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Active 1998–present · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, Women's Prize for Fiction, Helmerich Award, National Humanities Medal
Ann Patchett is an American author. In 2002 she received the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel Bel Canto.