Frances Mayes
Frances Mayes is an American writer, poet, and essayist best known for her 1996 memoir Under the Tuscan Sun, which chronicled the purchase and renovation of a Tuscan villa and became a New York Times bestseller for over two years, later adapted into a film.[1][2] Born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, she has authored numerous poetry collections, novels like Women in Sunlight and A Great Marriage, and travel memoirs including A Year in the World and Always Italy.[2][4] She divides her time between homes in North Carolina and Tuscany with her husband, poet Ed Kleinschmidt Mayes.[4]
memoir
poetry
travel
fiction
Women in Sunlight: A Novel
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook: Recipes from Our Italian Kitchen
In Tuscany
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy
Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir
See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller
A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller
Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir
Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life
Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life
Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook: Recipes from Our Italian Kitchen
Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir
Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir
Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood
Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life
Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life
Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life
Swan: A Novel
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir