Patty Dann, born Oct. 30, 1953, is the author of "Mermaids", a coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl published in 1986. In 1990, it was made into a movie starring Cher, Winona Ryder, Bob Hoskins and Christina Ricci. She has written one other novel, "Sweet & Crazy" (2003), about a 39-year-old woman who lives with her young son in a small town in Ohio, as the events of Sept. 11, 2001 impact their lives. She is the author of two memoirs, "Baby Bo...
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Patty Dann, born Oct. 30, 1953, is the author of "Mermaids", a coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl published in 1986. In 1990, it was made into a movie starring Cher, Winona Ryder, Bob Hoskins and Christina Ricci. She has written one other novel, "Sweet & Crazy" (2003), about a 39-year-old woman who lives with her young son in a small town in Ohio, as the events of Sept. 11, 2001 impact their lives. She is the author of two memoirs, "Baby Boat: A Memoir of Adoption" (1998) about the adoption of her son, and "The Goldfish Went on Vacation: A Memoir of Loss (and Learning to Tell the Truth About it)" (2007) about the death of her husband from brain cancer. It has been translated into Dutch, German and Korean. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, O Magazine, Redbook, More Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Chicago Tribune, The Writer’s Handbook, Poets & Writers Magazine, and Dirt: An Anthology About Keeping House. She has served as a judge for the Scholastic Young...
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