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,
More,
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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