ANN HOOD is the author of the bestselling novels The Knitting Circle: A Novel (W. W. Norton & Company), The Obituary Writer: A Novel (W. W. Norton & Company), and The Book That Matters Most: A Novel (W. W. Norton & Company), as well as the memoirs Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food (W. W. Norton & Company), Fly Girl: A Memoir (W. W. Norton & Company), and Comfort: A Journey Through Grief (W. W. Norton & Company), which was named one of the top 10 nonfiction books of 2008. Hood has won two Pushcart Prizes, two Best American Food Writing awards, and Best American Travel Writing and Best American Spiritual Writing awards. Her most recent book is The Stolen Child: A Novel (W. W. Norton & Company).
