(1956-12-09) December 9, 1956 (age 67) West Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.
Occupation
Novelist
short-story writer
memoirist
Education
University of Rhode Island (BA) New York University
Period
1987–present
Notable works
Somewhere Off The Coast Of Maine (1987)
The Knitting Circle (2005) The Red Thread (2010) Comfort: A Journey Through Grief (2008)
"The Book That Matters Most" (2016)
Spouse
Michael Ruhlman
(m. 2017)
Children
2[a]
Website
Official website
Ann Hood (born December 9, 1956) is an American novelist and short story writer; she has also written nonfiction. The author of fourteen novels, four 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 is a regular contributor to The New York Times' Op-Ed page, Home Economics column.[2] Her most recent work is "Fly Girl: A Memoir," published with W.W. Norton and Company in 2022.
She is a faculty member in the MFA in Creative Writing program 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]
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^"Read by Author | Ploughshares".
^Fountain, Ben; Romm, Robin; Hood, Ann; Doerr, Anthony (2010-10-09). "Op-Ed Contributors-Home Economics-NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
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