Discipline: Literature

Ann Hood

Discipline: Literature
Region: Providence, RI
MacDowell Fellowships: 1998
Ann Hood is an American novelist and short story writer; she has also written nonfiction. The author of 14 novels, three memoirs, a short story collection, a 10-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 The Book That Matters Most published with W.W. Norton and Company in early 2016.

Studios

Schelling

Ann Hood worked in the Schelling studio.

Marian MacDowell funded construction of this studio the year that the organization was established and the first artists arrived for residency. It was called Bark Studio until 1933, when it was renamed in honor of Ernest Schelling, a composer, pianist, and orchestral leader who served as president of what was then called the Edward MacDowell…

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