Notable Debuts Acquired and Edited by Ann Patty
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Notable Debuts
Flowers in the Attic
Pocket Books, 1979
10 million sold worldwide
NY Times Bestseller
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Notable Debuts
Waterland
Poseidon, 1983
NY Times Notable
Finalist Man Booker Award
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Notable Debuts
Downsize This!
Crown, 1990
NY Times Bestseller
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Notable Debuts
Life of Pi
Harcourt, 2002
# 1 NY Times Bestseller
Winner Man Booker Award
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Notable Debuts
Those Who Save Us
Harcourt, 2004
NY Times Bestseller
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Notable Debuts
Blood and Water and Other Tales
Poseidon, 1988
NY Times Notable
Winner Koret Jewish Book Award
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Notable Debuts
The Real Frank Zappa Book
Poseidon, 1989
NY Times Bestseller
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Notable Debuts
The First Wives Club
Poseidon, 1992
NY Times Bestseller
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Notable Debuts
The Power of Place
Poseidon, 1993
NY Times Notable
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Notable Debuts
The Inhuman Condition
Poseidon, 1986
NY Times Bestseller
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Notable Debuts
Final Gifts
Poseidon, 1992
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Notable Debuts
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Poseidon, 1991
NY Times Notable
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Other Notable Titles
On Mystic Lake
Crown. 1999
Hardcover Debut
NY Times Bestseller
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Notable Debuts
Fevre Dream
Poseidon, 1982
Hardcover Debut
NY Times Notable
Other Notable Titles Acquired and Edited by Ann Patty
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Other Notable Titles
Martin Dressler
Crow, 1996
NY Times Bestseller
Winner Pulitzer Prize
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Other Notable Titles
The Crimson Petal and the White
Harcourt, 2001
NY Times Bestseller
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Other Notable Titles
A Three Dog Life
Harcourt, 2006
NY Times Bestseller
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Other Notable Titles
Two Girls Fat and Thin
Poseidon, 1991
Finalist PEN Faulkner Award
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Other Notable Titles
The Third Twin
Crown, 1996
NY Times Bestseller
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Other Notable Titles
A Frolic of His Own
Poseidon, 1995
Winner NBA Award
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Other Notable Titles
Against Joie de Vivre
Poseidon, 1989
NY Times Notable
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Other Notable Titles
Starting Out in the Evening
Crown, 1996
American Academy of Arts & Letters Award
Winner Koret Jewish Book Award
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Other Notable Titles
Stones from the River
Poseidon, 1994
NY Times Bestseller
Oprah Book Club Pick
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Other Notable Titles
The Suicide Index
Harcourt, 1998
Finalist NBA Award
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Other Notable Titles
Slammerkin
Harcourt, 2000
NY Times Notable
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Other Notable Titles
The Mirror
Poseidon, 1997
NY Times Notable
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Other Notable Titles
Goodbye Without Leaving
Poseidon, 1990
NY Times Notable
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Other Notable Titles
The Florists’ Daughter
Harcourt, 2007
NY Times Notable
Recent Editorial Projects – Fiction
My work with fiction has included: character and plot development, restructuring, rewriting, conceptual and line editing, extensive cutting, and titling.
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Recent Editorial Projects
Wichita
Europa, 2012
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Recent Editorial Projects
You Came Back
Grand Central, 2012
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Recent Editorial Projects
Anonymous Work
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Recent Editorial Projects
Clair de Lune
HarperCollins, 2012
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Recent Editorial Projects
The Sea Captain’s Wife
KnopfCanada, 2010
Recent Editorial Projects – Non-Fiction
My work on non-fiction has included: restructuring, rewriting, research and writing of new material, conceptual and line editing, extensive cutting and titling.
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Book Doctor
The Astronaut Wives Club
Grand Central, 2013
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Book Doctor
The Face of Emotion
Palgrave/Macmillan, 2013
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Recent Editorial Projects
The Good Nurse
Twelve, 2013
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Book Doctor
The Astor Orphan
Ecco/HarperCollins, 2013
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Book Doctor
I’d Rather be in Charge
Vanguard Press, 2012
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Book Doctor
Across Many Mountains
St. Martin’s Press, 2011
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Book Doctor
Relationship Breakthrough
Rodale, 2011
I have worked in New York trade publishing for over 30 years. My experience and interests are broad. I have edited both commercial and literary fiction and memoir, as well as a range of narrative non-fiction. I accept assignments from editors, publishers, literary agents and writers.