The Resume

(December 2, 1963- )
Born in Los Angeles, California
Wrote the novels 'The Patron Saint of Liars' (1992), 'Taft' (1994), 'The Magician's Assistant' (1997), 'Bel Canto' (2001), 'Run' (2007), 'State of Wonder' (2011), Commonwealth' (2016), and 'The Dutch House' (2019)
Edited 'Best American Short Stories' (2006)

Why he might be annoying:

Her first marriage lasted barely over a year.
She is a vegan.
She held a wedding between her dog Sparky and her neighbors' dog Maggie.
She said about people telling her that her books changed their lives, 'It's really lovely, and I'm really glad, but it makes me feel like an insane person.'

Why he might not be annoying:

Her father was an L.A. police officer who participated in the arrests of Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan.
After noticing a lack of bookstores in Nashville (the independent ones having been driven out of business by Borders and Barnes & Noble, which then went belly up thanks to Amazon), she founded Parnassus Books (2011).
She was a guest on the last episode of Colbert Report, championing independent bookstores.
Fellow author Barbara Kingsolver called her 'one of the truly most generous souls I've ever met.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 88]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [December] (Ranked: 12021963)
• Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Books [1983-2008] (Ranked: 29)
• I Attended Sarah Lawrence College
• I Attended University of Iowa
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• I Threw My Dog a Wedding [Muttrimony]/Bark Mitzvah
• Profiles 54501-54750 (Ranked: 54642)
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2012 [May 2012]
• Vegans

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 14.29% Annoying