Ann Hood is the author of the best-selling novels
The Book That Matters Most,
The Obituary Writer,
Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine,
The Red Thread, and
The Knitting Circle, as well as the memoir
Comfort: A Journey Through Grief, which was a New York Times Editor's Choice and chosen as one of the top ten nonfiction books of 2008 by
Entertainment Weekly. She has won two Pushcart Prizes as well as a Best American Spiritual Writing Award, two Best American Food Writing Award, and a Best American Travel Writing award. A regular contributor to the
New York Times, Hood's short stories and essays have appeared in many publications, including
Ploughshares,
Tin House,
Traveler,
Bon Appetit,
O,
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The Wall Street Journal,
The Washington Post,
The Paris Review, and others. She is the editor of the anthologies
Knitting Yarns: Writers Writing About Knitting,
Knitting Pearls: More Writers Writing About Knitting, and
Providence Noir. Hood is also the author of books for children, including the middle-grade novels
She Loves You (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah) and
How I Saved My Father (And Ruined Everything Else), and the ten-book Treasure Chest series. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and New York City, and is married to the writer Michael Ruhlman.
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