Patchett has received several major honours, including the PEN/Faulkner Award, the United Kingdom’s Women’s Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Audible Literary Service Award. She is the author of 10 novels, among them ‘The Dutch House’ (Pulitzer Prize finalist), ‘The Patron Saint of Liars,’ ‘Bel Canto,’ ‘Commonwealth’, and ‘Taft.’ Her work also includes nonfiction and children’s books.
