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Born December 2, 1963 (age 62) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Women’s Prize for Fiction • PEN/Faulkner Award (2002)
Notable Works “Bel Canto” • “Commonwealth” • “Run” • “State of Wonder” • “Taft” • “The Dutch House” • “The Magician’s Assistant” • “The Patron Saint of Liars” • “These Precious Days” • “This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage” • “Truth and Beauty”

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