State of Wonder (43 page)

Authors: Ann Patchett

BOOK: State of Wonder

13.45Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub

ANN PATCHETT is the author of five novels: the
New York Times
bestselling
Run
;
The Patron Saint of Liars
, which was a
New York Times
Notable Book of the Year;
Taft
, which won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize;
The Magician’s Assistant
; and
Bel Canto
, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Orange Prize, the BookSense Book of the Year, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is also the author of two works of nonfiction: the
New York Times
bestselling
Truth & Beauty
and
What now?
Patchett has written for many publications, including the
Atlantic Monthly
,
Harper’s Magazine
,
Gourmet
, the
New York Times
,
Vogue
, and the
Washington Post
. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Visit www.AuthorTracker.com for exclusive information on your favorite HarperCollins authors.

Also by Ann Patchett

What now?

Run

Truth & Beauty

Bel Canto

The Magician’s Assistant

Taft

The Patron Saint of Liars

Credits

Cover illustration by Nate Duval

Cover design by Archie Ferguson

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

STATE OF WONDER. Copyright © 2011 by Ann Patchett. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

FIRST EDITION

EPub Edition June 2011 ISBN: 9780062049827

11 12 13 14 15 OV/RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

About the Publisher

Australia

HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty. Ltd.

25 Ryde Road (P.O. Box 321)

Pymble, NSW 2073, Australia

http://www.harpercollinsebooks.com.au

Canada

HarperCollins Canada

2 Bloor Street East - 20th Floor