In assessing the career of Ann Patchett – author of 10 novels, including the award-winning “Bel Canto” – it would be easy to attribute her output to singular genius and creative magic.
The reality, she insists, is less mysterious. Her haunting writing is the result of something much less glamorous: hard work. You don’t believe it? During a video interview from her Nashville home, she pointed to the modest treadmill desk behind her. “I write these books while walking.”
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