Ann Hood is the author of the best-selling novels "The Obituary Writer," "The Knitting Circle," and "Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine." Her memoir "Comfort: A Journey Through Grief" was a "New York Times" Editors' Choice and chosen as one of the top ten nonfiction books of 2008 by "Entertainment Weekly." Her essays and short stories have appeared regularly in the "New York Times," "Atlantic Monthly," "Tin House," the "Paris Review," "Bon Appetit," "National Geographic Traveler," and many other newspapers and magazines. Hood has won two Pushcart Prizes, the Paul Bowles Prize in Short Fiction, and her work has been selected for inclusion in three volumes of the "Best American Writing" anthology series. Hood was born in West Warwick, Rhode Island, and currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island. She is the editor of "Providence Noir."