Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott
Born (1954-04-10) April 10, 1954 (age 70)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • nonfiction writer
  • essayist
  • memoirist
Alma materDrew School
Goucher College
GenreDrama, humor, literary fiction, Reviews

Anne Lamott (born April 10, 1954) is an American novelist and nonfiction 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.[1] Lamott's writings, marked by their self-deprecating humor and openness, cover such subjects as alcoholism, single-motherhood, depression, and Christianity.[2]

  1. ^ "Author Anne Lamott selling Marin home for $1.199 million". The Mercury News. July 15, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Lamott, Anne (May 22, 2006). "My son, the stranger". Salon. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved March 8, 2008.