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Anne Lamott (born April 10, 1954) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. She is also a progressive political activist, public speaker, and writing teacher. Lamott is based in Marin County, California. Her nonfiction works are largely autobiographical. Lamott's writings, marked by their self-deprecating humor and openness, cover such subjects as alcoholism, single-motherhood, depression, and Christianity. Life and career Lamott was born in San Francisco, and is a graduate of Drew School. She was a student at Goucher College for two years where she wrote for the newspaper. Her father, Kenneth Lamott, was also a writer. Her first published novel Hard Laughter was written for him after his diagnosis of brain cancer. She has one son, Sam, who was born in August 1989 and a grandson, Jax, born in July 2009.Lamott's life was documented in Freida Lee Mock's 1999 documentary Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott. Because of the documentary and her following on Facebook and other online networks, she is often called the "People's Author". Lamott has described why she writes: I try to write the books I would love to come upon, that are honest, concerned with real lives, human hearts, spiritual transformation, families, secrets, wonder, craziness—and that can make me laugh. When I am reading a book like this, I feel rich and profoundly relieved to be in the presence of someone who will share the truth with me, and throw the lights on a little, and I try to write these kinds of books. Books, for me, are medicine. Lamott was featured on the second episode of the first season of the show The Midnight Gospel. Awards and honors Lamott was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985. She was inducted into the California Hall of Fame in 2010. Personal life On April 13, 2019, Lamott married Neal Allen, 63, a former vice president for marketing at the McKesson Corporation in San Francisco. The couple had met in August 2016. He was a twice-divorced father of four, who had left his job at McKesson to devote himself to writing. Bibliography Novels Hard Laughter. Viking Press. 1980. ISBN 0-670-36140-2. Rosie. Viking Press. 1983. ISBN 0-670-60828-9. Joe Jones. North Point Press. 1985. ISBN 0-86547-209-2. All New People. North Point Press. 1989. ISBN 0-86547-394-3. Crooked Little Heart. Pantheon Books. 1997. ISBN 0-679-43521-2. Blue Shoe. Riverhead Books. 2002. ISBN 1-57322-226-7. Imperfect Birds. Riverhead Books. 2010. ISBN 978-1-59448-751-4.Non-fiction Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year. Pantheon Books. 1993. ISBN 978-0-679-42091-0. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Pantheon Books. 1994. ISBN 978-0-679-43520-4. Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith. Pantheon Books. 1999. ISBN 978-0-679-44240-0. Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith. Riverhead Books. 2005. ISBN 978-1-57322-299-0. Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith. Riverhead Books. 2007. ISBN 978-1-59448-942-6. Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son. Riverhead Books. 2012. ISBN 978-1-59448-841-2. (with Sam Lamott) Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers. Riverhead Books. 2012. ISBN 978-1-59463-129-0. Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair. Riverhead Books. 2013. ISBN 978-1-59463-258-7. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace. Riverhead Books. 2014. ISBN 978-1-59448-629-6. Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy. Riverhead Books. 2017. ISBN 9780735213586. Almost Everything: Notes on Hope. Riverhead Books. 2018. ISBN 978-0525537441. Dusk, Night, Dawn. Penguin. 2021. ISBN 978-0-593-18969-6.References Further reading Bochynski, Pegge. (2010) "Anne Lamott" in American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies, Supplement XX, Mary Antin to Phillis Wheatley. Ed. Jay Parini. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons p131-146. Bouris, Karen (January–February 2013). "Anne Lamott : life as a black-belt codependent". Interview. Spirituality & Health. 15 (6): 48–53. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016. Vandenburgh, Jane. (2010) Architecture of the Novel: A Writer's Handbook. Anne Lamott (Foreword). Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint ISBN 1582435979External links Anne Lamott on Facebook Salon.com: articles by Anne Lamott Profile – Steven Barclay Agency Archived June 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Write TV Public Television Interview (2004) Minnesota Public Radio Interview (2007) Interview for Writers on the Record (2007) Goodreads.com: Author profile: Anne Lamott TED.com: "12 truths I learned from life and writing", a talk by Anne Lamott (2017). Discover the Anne Lamott popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Anne Lamott books.

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  • I Miss You When I Blink synopsis, comments

    I Miss You When I Blink

    Mary Laura Philpott

    NATIONAL BESTSELLERA charmingly relatable and wise memoirinessays by acclaimed writer and bookseller Mary Laura Philpott, “the modern day reincarnation of…Nora Ephron, Erma Bombeck...

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    How To Write It

    Anthony Anaxagorou

    How to Write It: Tell Your StoryThis book is a masterclass in the craft of writing and poetry from one of Britain's most celebrated poets and educators, T.S. Eliot Prize nominee An...

  • Find the Good synopsis, comments

    Find the Good

    Heather Lende

    As the obituary writer in a spectacularly beautiful but often dangerous spit of land in Alaska, Heather Lende knows something about last words and lives well lived. Now she’s disti...

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    Bird by Bird

    Anne Lamott

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twentyfifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative ...

  • Grace in the Maybe synopsis, comments

    Grace in the Maybe

    Katie Savage

    In Whirlybirds and Ordinary Times author Katie Savage beckons you to join her as she embraces the mystery of faith and gently eases into the sometimes turbulent waters of contempla...

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    Grace for Amateurs

    Lily Burana

    I had tried everything: therapy, medication, meditation. Everything except God. Lily Burana was in crisis. Desperate for rescue from her depression and anxiety, the punkr...

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    Barking to the Choir

    Gregory Boyle

    In a moving example of unconditional love in dif­ficult times, Gregory Boyle, the Jesuit priest and New York Times bestselling author of Tattoos on the Heart, shares what working w...

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    Some Assembly Required

    Anne Lamott & Sam Lamott

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird by Bird, Hallelujah Anyway, and Almost Everything“If there is a doyenne of the parenting memoir, it would be Anne Lamott.”Time In...

  • You Could Make This Place Beautiful synopsis, comments

    You Could Make This Place Beautiful

    Maggie Smith

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A bittersweet study in both grief and joy.” ­Time “A sparklingly beautiful memoirinvignettes” (Isaac Fitzgerald, New York Times bestselling autho...

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    Mission and Migration

    John Lapp

              Mission and Migration is the first comprehensive history to be written by Latin American Mennonite historians about Mennonite...

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    Lovesong

    Julius Lester

    Julius Lester was born the son of a black Methodist minister in the south. His book Lovesong is a beautifully written account of his spiritual journey away from the conventions of ...

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    Almost Everything

    Anne Lamott

    From Anne Lamott, the New York Timesbestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow, comes the book we need from her now: How to bring hope back into our lives"I...

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    Traveling Mercies

    Anne Lamott

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the acclaimed author of Bird by Bird comes a personal, wise, very funny, and “lifeaffirming” book (People) that shows us how to find meaning and hope thro...

  • Intimate Conversations with the Divine synopsis, comments

    Intimate Conversations with the Divine

    Caroline Myss

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Sacred Contracts and Anatomy of the Spirit, a timely guide with 100 prayers for entering into a personal relationship with the Divine....

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    Small Victories

    Anne Lamott

    The New York Times bestseller from the author of Help, Thanks, Wow, Hallelujah Anyway, Almost Everything, and Dusk, Night, Dawn. Lamott's longawaited collection of new an...

  • Dusk, Night, Dawn synopsis, comments

    Dusk, Night, Dawn

    Anne Lamott

    “Anne Lamott is my Oprah.” Chicago TribuneFrom the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow comes an inspiring guide to restoring hope and joy in our lives.In Dusk, Night,...

  • The Whole Language synopsis, comments

    The Whole Language

    Gregory Boyle

    Gregory Boyle, the beloved Jesuit priest and author of the inspirational bestsellers Tattoos on the Heart and Barking to the Choir, returns with a call to witness the transformativ...

  • Me, My Hair, and I synopsis, comments

    Me, My Hair, and I

    Elizabeth Benedict

    “[A] splendid collection . . . By turns wry, tender, pointed, and laughoutloud funny.” Publishers Weekly“Untangles the many truths about hair, and the lives we lead underneath it.”...

  • Broken for Good synopsis, comments

    Broken for Good

    Rebecca Rene Jones

    A daughter's narrative about life with and without her father, whose death plunges her into deep grief but gradually becomes her most compelling reason to hope. Like so many Christ...

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    Carry On, Warrior

    Glennon Doyle

    The first book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of UntamedThe inspiring and hilarious instant New York Times bestseller from the beloved writer, speaker, activist, and...

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    A Year with Anthony De Mello

    Anthony De Mello

    Release your true inner self, shed society’s expectations and programming, and regain your equilibrium with A Year with Anthony De Mello. This weekbyweek workbook is filled with fi...

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    Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome

    Reba Riley

    Written with humor and personality, this debut memoir recounts a woman’s spiritual quest of experiencing thirty religions before her thirtieth birthday. PostTraumatic Church Syndro...

  • Operating Instructions synopsis, comments

    Operating Instructions

    Anne Lamott

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER The acclaimed author of Bird by Bird brings her brilliant combination of humor and warmth to a "smart, funny, and comforting" chronicle of single motherhood (L...

  • Recipes for a Beautiful Life synopsis, comments

    Recipes for a Beautiful Life

    Rebecca Barry

    Writing with “a delicate, beautiful balance of wit and yearning” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert), Rebecca Barry’s poignant take on creativity, marriage, an...

  • In the Fullness of Time synopsis, comments

    In the Fullness of Time

    Emily W Upham & Linda Gravenson

    In the Fullness of Time is a collection of essays, poems, interviews, and photographs that speak to the experience of aging the joys, the rewards, and the losses. Contributors...

  • All New People synopsis, comments

    All New People

    Anne Lamott

    A stunning novel from the author of Bird by Bird: When a divorcée returns to her small Northern California hometown, she encounters vivid memories of her eccentric family and comin...

  • Help, Thanks, Wow synopsis, comments

    Help, Thanks, Wow

    Anne Lamott

    A New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night Dawn, Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything.Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple p...

  • And It Was Good synopsis, comments

    And It Was Good

    Madeleine L'Engle & Lindsay Lackey

    Book #1 of The Genesis Trilogy. This special reissue of a classic work of spirituality from the author of A Wrinkle in Time offers lifetransforming insights on the rich heritage of...

  • Sold into Egypt synopsis, comments

    Sold into Egypt

    Madeleine L'Engle & Lindsay Lackey

    Book #3 of the Genesis Trilogy. This special reissue of a classic work of spirituality from the author of A Wrinkle in Time offers lifetransforming insights on the rich heritage of...

  • Goldenrod synopsis, comments

    Goldenrod

    Maggie Smith

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR ??“To read Maggie Smith is to embrace the achingly precious beauty of the present moment.” Time “A captivating collection ...

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    Tattoos on the Heart

    Gregory Boyle

    “Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality” (Los Angeles Times)Tattoos on the Heart is a series of parables about kinship and redemption fr...

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    Plan B

    Anne Lamott

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything, a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in increasingly fraught times. As ...

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    A Stone for a Pillow

    Madeleine L'Engle & Lindsay Lackey

    Book #2 of The Genesis Trilogy. This special reissue of a classic work of spirituality from the author of A Wrinkle in Time offers lifetransforming insights on the rich heritage of...

  • Stitches synopsis, comments

    Stitches

    Anne Lamott

    The New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything“Lamott’s …most insightful book yet, Stitches&#x...

  • Keep Moving synopsis, comments

    Keep Moving

    Maggie Smith

    The NATIONAL BESTSELLER from the author of YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL“A meditation on kindness and hope, and how to move forward through grief.” NPR “A shining reminder to...

  • This Messy Magnificent Life synopsis, comments

    This Messy Magnificent Life

    Geneen Roth

    Geneen Roth, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Women Food and God, explains how to take the journey to find one’s own best self in this “beautiful, funny, deeply relevant”...

  • Bomb Shelter synopsis, comments

    Bomb Shelter

    Mary Laura Philpott

    A New York Times Editors’ Choice One of NPR’s Best Books of the Year“A beautifully wrought ode to life…a precious gift to the world.” The Washington PostFrom the bestselling author...

  • Writing Down the Bones synopsis, comments

    Writing Down the Bones

    Natalie Goldberg

    For more than thirty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen med...

  • The Girl Behind the Door synopsis, comments

    The Girl Behind the Door

    John Brooks

    “A moving and riveting memoir about one family’s love and tragedy…beautifully researched, and expressed” (Anne Lamott).Early one Tuesday morning John Brooks went to his teenage dau...

  • Why We Write About Ourselves synopsis, comments

    Why We Write About Ourselves

    Meredith Maran

    In the voices of twenty landmark memoiristsincluding New York Times bestselling authors Cheryl Strayed, Sue Monk Kidd, and Pat Conroya definitive text on the craft of autobiographi...

  • Crooked Little Heart synopsis, comments

    Crooked Little Heart

    Anne Lamott

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the acclaimed author of Bird by Bird comes an exuberant, richly absorbing novel about a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnifie...

  • Hallelujah Anyway synopsis, comments

    Hallelujah Anyway

    Anne Lamott

    “Anne Lamott is my Oprah.” Chicago TribuneThe New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, Almost Everything and Bird by Bird, a powerful explorat...