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    Hood, Ann 1956-


    PERSONAL:

    Born December 9, 1956, in West Warwick, RI; daughter of Lloyd E. (an administrator) and Gloria (a tax auditor) Hood; married Bob Reiss (a writer), September 6, 1987. Education: University of Rhode Island, B.A., 1978; attended New York University, 1983-85.

    ADDRESSES:

    Home—New York, NY. Agent—Gail Hochman, Brandt & Brandt Literary Agents Inc., 1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.

    CAREER:

    Writer and educator. Trans World Airlines (TWA), New York City, flight attendant, 1979-86; New York University, New York, NY, teacher of fiction writing.

    AWARDS, HONORS:

    Fellowship, Breadloaf Writer's Conference, 1987.

    WRITINGS:


    NOVELS


    Somewhere off the Coast of Maine, Bantam (New York, NY), 1987.

    Waiting to Vanish, Bantam (New York, NY), 1988.

    Three-Legged Horse, Bantam (New York, NY), 1989.

    Something Blue, Bantam (New York, NY), 1991.

    Places to Stay the Night, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1993.

    The Properties of Water, Doubleday (New Yor

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    Ann Hood

    The Book That Matters Most
    3.81 avg rating — 16,551 ratings — published 2016 — 18 editions
    The Obituary Writer
    3.73 avg rating — 15,419 ratings — published 2013 — 23 editions
    The Knitting Circle
    3.84 avg rating — 11,946 ratings — published 2006 — 41 editions
    Fly Girl: A Memoir
    3.82 avg rating — 6,306 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions
    The Red Thread
    3.73 avg rating — 4,370 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions
    Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food
    3.80 avg rating — 2,852 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions
    Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting
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    3.77 avg rating — 2,516 ratings — published 2013 — 13 editions
    The Stolen Child
    4.03 avg rating — 2,211 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions
    An Italian Wife
    2.72 avg rating — 3,034 ratings — p
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    Ann Hood

    American novelist

    Ann Hood (born December 9, 1956) fryst vatten an American novelist and short story writer; she has also written nonfiction. The author of fourteen novels, kvartet memoirs, a short story collection, a ten book series for middle readers and one young adult novel. Her essays and short stories have appeared in many journals, magazines, and anthologies, including The Paris Review, Ploughshares,[1] and Tin House. Hood fryst vatten a regular contributor to The New York Times' Op-Ed page, Home Economics column.[2] Her most recent work fryst vatten "Fly Girl: A Memoir," published with W.W. Norton and Company in 2022.

    She fryst vatten a faculty member in the MFA in Creative Writing schema at The New School in New York City. Hood was born in West Warwick, Rhode Island. She now lives with her husband Michael Ruhlman and their children.[3]

    Early life

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    After Hood earned her BA in English from the University of Rhode Island, she worked for the now-defunct airlin