Magician's Assistant: A History of a Developing Global Consciousness: The Sunday Times best selling author of The Dutch House and Bel Canto, Winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction by Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett is the author of six novels, including Bel Canto, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction. She writes for the New York Times Magazine, Elle, GQ, the Financial Times, the Paris Review and Vogue. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.