Frances Mayes, author portrait
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Frances Mayes

Frances Mayes is the author of the classic Under the Tuscan Sun, which was a New York Times bestseller for more than two and a half years and became a movie starring Diane Lane. Her other international bestsellers include Bella Tuscany, Every Day in Tuscany, A Year in the World, and three illustrated books: In Tuscany, Bringing Tuscany Home, and The Tuscan Sun Cookbook. Mayes is also the author of two novels, Swan and Women in Sunlight, six books of poetry, and The Discovery of Poetry. Her most recent books are See You in the Piazza and Always Italy. Frances Mayes’s writing has been translated into more than fifty languages.
A Great Marriage
A Place in the World
See You in the Piazza
Women in Sunlight
Under Magnolia
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook
Every Day in Tuscany
A Year in the World
Bringing Tuscany Home
Swan
In Tuscany
Bella Tuscany
Under the Tuscan Sun

Books

A Great Marriage
A Place in the World
See You in the Piazza
Women in Sunlight
Under Magnolia
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook
Every Day in Tuscany
A Year in the World
Bringing Tuscany Home
Swan
In Tuscany
Bella Tuscany
Under the Tuscan Sun

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