Ann Packer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ann Packer
Occupation	Middle-Distance Runner
Date Of Birth	Mar 8, 1942(1942-03-08)
Age	82
Birthplace	Stanford
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Pisces

Ann Packer Biography

Ann Packer is one of the most popular and richest Middle-Distance Runner who was born on March 8, 1942 in Stanford, California, United States. Ann Packer (born 1959) is an American novelist and short story writer most notably as the author of her highly acclaimed debut novel The Dive From Clausen’s Pier. She was awarded an award from James Michener and the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship.

Packer worked for more than 10 years working on The Dive from Clausen’s Pier. Geri Thoma of the Elaine Markson Agency was willing to take on the project and then sold it in a matter of days to Editor Jordan Pavlin at Alfred A. Knopf. The book was the very first selection for the Good Morning America “Read This!” book club. It also was awarded the Great Lakes Book Award, an American Library Association Award, as well as the Kate Chopin Literary Award. The following two books of Packer’s have also been published by Knopf with a novel Songs Without Words (2007) as well as an assortment of short stories called Swim Back to Me (2011). “Things Said or Done,” one of the stories from Swim back to Me, was included in the 2012 O. Henry Award prize collection of short stories. “The Children’s Crusade was published by Scribner in the year 2015 and was selected as one of the 10 most popular books of 2015 in People Magazine.

In 1988, Packer relocated in 1988 to Madison, Wisconsin as a fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. In her two years in Wisconsin she wrote stories for literary magazines as well as”Babies”, a short piece “Babies”, which was included in the 1992 O. Henry Award prize collection of stories. Its New Yorker story, “Mendocino” was the basis for the title story for her debut book, Mendocino and Other Stories which was released through Chronicle Books in 1994.

Ann Packer Net Worth

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

The mother of her was pupil of the novelist and historian Wallace Stegner at the Stanford Writing Program; Nancy Packer later joined the Stanford faculty as a professor of English and creative writing. Her father was a professor at Stanford Law School, where he discussed the tensions among Due Process and Crime Control. In 1969 at the age of 10, Ann was just 10 years old, she was struck with an injury to his brain that rendered him paralyzed on part of his right leg. He took his own life three years afterward.

Packer had been an English major at Yale University, but only started writing fiction in the final year of her studies. She relocated into New York after college and found a job as a writer for covers for the paperback in Ballantine Books. She was a participant in the Iowa Writers Workshop from 1986 until

1988. In 1988, she sold the first story she wrote for publication in The New Yorker a few weeks prior to receiving her M.F.A. degree.

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Who is Ann Packer Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Ann Ranked on the list of most popular Middle-Distance Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ann Packer celebrates birthday on March 8 of every year.

Are Ann Packer and Robbie Brightwell still married?

This Olympic couple got married 55 years ago today.

Where is Ann Packer now?

Packer now lives in Congleton in Cheshire.

How old was Robbie Brightwell when he died?

82 years (1939–2022)