Ann Hood

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ann Hood
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Dec 9, 1956(1956-12-09)
Age	68
Birthplace	West Warwick
Country	United States
Birth City	Rhode Island
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Ann Hood Biography

Ann Hood is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on December 9, 1956 in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. A popular American writer of short stories and novels Her work includes over a dozen novels that include Somewhere Off The Coast Of Maine (1987) and The Red Thread (2010). She also wrote a popular autobiography, Comfort: A Journey Through Grief, in 2008.

She was a teacher her classes at The New School, where She taught at The New School, where Mike Doughty once studied poetry. was a student of poetry.

Hood began writing her first novel Somewhere Off The Coast Of Maine in 1983 while working as a flight attendant — and while attending graduate school —writing whenever she could during train rides to JFK airport or in the galleys of the airplane while passengers slept. During a furlough from the airline, she worked at the Spring Street Bookstore in Soho and Tony Roma’s while writing Somewhere Off The Coast Of Maine. Like much of her work, Somewhere Off The Coast Of Maine draws upon her own life. Hood says the book began as a series of short stories about three women who went to college together in the 1960s. A year earlier, her older brother, Skip, died in a freak accident and Hood was struggling with how to cope with the loss. At a writer’s conference, Hood was convinced by the writer Nicholas Delbanco that she was really writing a novel, and from there she began to connect the stories.

In 1987 the novel was published by Bantam Books as one of the launch books for their original paperback series, Bantam New Fiction.

Her partner, Lorne, became parents to three children. Unfortunately, their girl, Grace, died at age five of an infection caused by bacteria.

Ann Hood Net Worth

Ann Hood is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ann Hood 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was employed by TWA as an airline attendant. She published her debut novel called Away from the Coast of Maine, in 1987.

She was awarded two Pushcart Prizes as well in The Paul Bowles Award for short Fiction.

Ann Hood (born 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,, and Tin House. Hood is a regular contributor to The New York Times’ Op-Ed page, Home Economics column. Her most recent work is “Kitchen Yarns,” published with W.W. Norton and Company in early 2019.

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Who is Ann Hood Dating?

According to our records, Ann Hood married to Lorne Adrain , Michael Ruhlman. As of December 1, 2023, Ann Hood’s is not dating anyone.

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Hood is a faculty member in the MFA in Creative Writing program at The New School in New York City. She also teaches at New York University. Hood has also taught at the Eckerd College Writers’ Conference, The Maui Writers’ Conference, and The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.

Facts & Trivia

Ann Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ann Hood celebrates birthday on December 9 of every year.

Hood’s short story “Total Cave Darkness,” about an alcoholic woman who runs away with a Protestant minister nine years younger than she is, appeared in The Paris Review in 2000. It is also the opening story in her collection of stories An Ornithologist’s Guide To Life. The title story appeared in Glimmer Train in 2004 about a young girl who slowly discovers her mother is having an affair with their neighbor. Her stories have also appeared in Tin House, Ploughshares, Good Housekeeping, Story, Five Points, and others.

Top Facts about Ann Hood

1. Ann Hood is an American novelist and short story writer.
2. She has published over 14 books, including bestsellers.
3. Hood’s work often explores themes of loss and grief.
4. She has won numerous awards for her writing, including a Pushcart Prize.
5. Hood was born in West Warwick, Rhode Island in 1956.
6. She earned her MFA from the University of Michigan.
7. Hood is also a professor at The New School in New York City.
8. Her memoir “Comfort: A Journey Through Grief” was a New York Times Editor’s Choice pick.
9. Hood has written for publications such as The Paris Review and O, The Oprah Magazine.
10. Her latest novel “She Loves You (Yeah Yeah Yeah)” was published in 2018.

Who is Michael Ruhlman married to?

Ruhlman married writer Ann Hood in 2017 in Abingdon Square Park in New York. He has two children from his previous marriage to photographer Donna Turner, with whom he collaborated on many publications.

How old is Ann Hood?

65 years (December 9, 1956)

Where does Ann Hood live?

Personal life. Hood lives in Providence, Rhode Island. She has two children, Annabelle and Sam, and is married to writer Michael Ruhlman.

How old is Michael Ruhlman?

58 years (July 28, 1963)

Where does Michael Ruhlman work?

Michael continues to live in Cleveland and is currently working on a cookbook with Brian Polcyn on charcuterie for the home cook — a love song to the pig, to animal fat, and to salt, sausages, confits, patés, and terrines.