![]() ![]() That was the seed that got me writing Starfish. Suddenly, three years ago I could see Charlotte Flax so clearly sitting on the porch in the same house back in Grove, and she was reading a letter. Patty Dann: The characters in Mermaids had become so real to me that I did wonder where they were over the years, but until recently I never could picture where they had moved after they left the fictional town of Grove, Massachusetts. ![]() Dann was also cited by New York Magazine as one of the “Greatest Teachers of NYC.”ĭerek Alger: In your new novel, Starfish, you return to your quirky, memorable characters from your novel, Mermaids. She is a member of the New York Writers Workshop, the Authors Guild, and P.E.N. ![]() She taught at Sarah Lawrence College and teaches at the West Side YMCA. She has an MFA in Writing from Columbia University, and a B.A. Dann has served as a judge for the Scholastic Young Writers Awards. ![]()
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