Frances Mayes | |
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Born | Fitzgerald, Georgia, U.S. | March 23, 1940
Occupation | Memoirist Novelist Poet Professor |
Education | Randolph-Macon Woman's College University of Florida (BA) San Francisco State University (MA) |
Notable works | Under the Tuscan Sun |
Spouse | Edward Kleinschmidt Mayes |
Children | Ashley King |
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Frances Mayes (born March 23, 1940) is an American writer. Her 1996 memoir Under the Tuscan Sun was on the New York Times Best Seller list for over two years and was the basis for the film Under the Tuscan Sun.