Ann Patchett

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Born	December 2, 1963 (age 61) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors	Women’s Prize for Fiction • PEN/Faulkner Award (2002)
Notable Works	“Bel Canto” • “Commonwealth” • “Run” • “State of Wonder” • “Taft” • “The Dutch House” • “The Magician’s Assistant” • “The Patron Saint of Liars” • “These Precious Days” • “This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage” • “Truth and Beauty”

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Winner of a Pulitzer Prize

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Jesmyn Ward

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Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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N. Scott Momaday

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Amy Tan

Amy Tan

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Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates

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Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat

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Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen

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Joan Didion

Joan Didion

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Diane Johnson

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Larry Woiwode

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Hazzard, Shirley

Shirley Hazzard

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Hamlin Garland

Hamlin Garland

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Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

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William Saroyan.

William Saroyan

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Reynolds Price

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Wilfrid Sheed

Wilfrid Sheed

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