Ann Hood

The author of 10 books, including most recently the bestselling novel “The Knitting Circle” and the memoir “Comfort: A Journey Through Grief,” which was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice and was chosen as one of the top 10 nonfiction books of 2008 by Entertainment Weekly.

Her short stories and essays have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, Bon Appetit, Traveler, Food and Wine, More, Tin House, Glimmertrain and The Paris Review. She has won a Best Spiritual Writing Award and two Pushcart Prizes.