Given the question: What key details about ann hood can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: ann hood -lrb- born 1956 -rrb- is an american novelist and short story writer ; she has also written nonfiction . the author of fifteen books , her essays and short stories have appeared in many journals , magazines , and anthologies , including '' the paris review , ploughshares , '' , and '' tin house . '' hood is a regular contributor to the new york times ' op-ed page , home economics column . she is a faculty member in the mfa in creative writing program at the new school in new york city . hood was born in west warwick , rhode island , and now lives in providence with her husband and their children .
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- period is 1987 --- notableworks is '' 1987 -rrb- somewhere off the coast of maine '' -lrb-- birth name is ann hood- birth date is 09 december 1956- name is ann hood- nationality is american- birth place is west warwick , rhode island- occupation is novelist , short-story writer , memoirist