Categories:When Ann Hood’s daughter Grace died in 2002, she was desperate to find someone who understood this enormous grief. As a result of that loss and that desire, Hood has dedicated herself to speaking to parents who have lost children. She has traveled the country to visit and give keynote speeches for organizations such as Compassionate Friends, The Center for Grieving Children, Peter’s Place, Erin’s House and Hospice. As a bereaved father said to Hood after her talk in Portland, Maine, “You stood up here as someone who has lived through this grief, and you smiled at us. This is the first time I’ve believed I might smile again.” By telling her own journey through grief and back to hope, Hood inspires bereaved parents and anyone experiencing loss.
Much of Ann Hood’s time is spent knitting and speaking at knitting conferences, yarn stores, knitting circles and knitting guilds. Hood believes in the transformative, healing powers of knitting and brings that message to audiences around the world. From Italy to Great Britain to Spain and Norway, as well as in the United States, knitters gather to knit and listen to Hood tell her story of how the activity changed her life. Her anthology, Knitting Yarns: Writers Writing About Knitting, has been so popular that she is now working on a second edition.
Ann Hood and her family adopted their daughter Annabelle from Hunan, China in 2005 when Annabelle was eleven months old. Hood learned through that experience how adoption can change lives, and the many reasons that people choose to adopt. She has spoken at adoption organizations around the country, including New York City, Los Angeles and Boston to tell her own inspirational story of adopting Annabelle.
At the end of the nineteenth century, Ann Hood’s great-grandparents immigrated to the mill town of West Warwick, Rhode Island, with their infant daughter, Rose. Hood grew up with them in the house they bought when they arrived here, surrounded by dozens of relatives in an Italian-American neighborhood. She has been a proud Italian-American, speaking at Italian-American Societies and Historical Societies. Her new novel, An Italian Wife, chronicles one hundred years in the life of an Italian-American family, a topic which Hood enjoys speaking about and sharing her own experiences as the great-granddaughter of Italian immigrants.
In this workshop-like presentation, Ann Hood shares an intimate look into her own creative writing process and how she turned her life-long love for the written word into a fulfilling, successful career.
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When Ann Hood’s daughter Grace died in 2002, she was desperate to find someone who understood this enormous grief. As a result of that loss and that desire, Hood has dedicated herself to speaking to parents who have lost children. She has traveled the country to visit and give keynote speeches for organizations such as Compassionate Friends, The Center for Grieving Children, Peter’s Place, Erin’s House and Hospice. As a bereaved father said to Hood after her talk in Portland, Maine, “You stood up here as someone who has lived through this grief, and you smiled at us. This is the first time I’ve believed I might smile again.” By telling her own journey through grief and back to hope, Hood inspires bereaved parents and anyone experiencing loss.
Much of Ann Hood’s time is spent knitting and speaking at knitting conferences, yarn stores, knitting circles and knitting guilds. Hood believes in the transformative, healing powers of knitting and brings that message to audiences around the world. From Italy to Great Britain to Spain and Norway, as well as in the United States, knitters gather to knit and listen to Hood tell her story of how the activity changed her life. Her anthology, Knitting Yarns: Writers Writing About Knitting, has been so popular that she is now working on a second edition.
Ann Hood and her family adopted their daughter Annabelle from Hunan, China in 2005 when Annabelle was eleven months old. Hood learned through that experience how adoption can change lives, and the many reasons that people choose to adopt. She has spoken at adoption organizations around the country, including New York City, Los Angeles and Boston to tell her own inspirational story of adopting Annabelle.
At the end of the nineteenth century, Ann Hood’s great-grandparents immigrated to the mill town of West Warwick, Rhode Island, with their infant daughter, Rose. Hood grew up with them in the house they bought when they arrived here, surrounded by dozens of relatives in an Italian-American neighborhood. She has been a proud Italian-American, speaking at Italian-American Societies and Historical Societies. Her new novel, An Italian Wife, chronicles one hundred years in the life of an Italian-American family, a topic which Hood enjoys speaking about and sharing her own experiences as the great-granddaughter of Italian immigrants.
In this workshop-like presentation, Ann Hood shares an intimate look into her own creative writing process and how she turned her life-long love for the written word into a fulfilling, successful career.
Ann Hood is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Comfort: A Journey Through Grief, The Knitting Circle, The Red Thread: An International Adoption Story, The Italian Wife and Writing & Creativity. The estimated speaking fee range to book Ann Hood for your event is available upon request. Ann Hood generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Laura Munson, Rita Moreno, Cathy Sexton, Carlton Buller and Michael McCain. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Ann Hood for an upcoming live or virtual event.
When Ann Hood’s daughter Grace died in 2002, she was desperate to find someone who understood this enormous grief. As a result of that loss and that desire, Hood has dedicated herself to speaking to parents who have lost children. She has traveled the country to visit and give keynote speeches for organizations such as Compassionate Friends, The Center for Grieving Children, Peter’s Place, Erin’s House and Hospice. As a bereaved father said to Hood after her talk in Portland, Maine, “You stood up here as someone who has lived through this grief, and you smiled at us. This is the first time I’ve believed I might smile again.” By telling her own journey through grief and back to hope, Hood inspires bereaved parents and anyone experiencing loss.
Much of Ann Hood’s time is spent knitting and speaking at knitting conferences, yarn stores, knitting circles and knitting guilds. Hood believes in the transformative, healing powers of knitting and brings that message to audiences around the world. From Italy to Great Britain to Spain and Norway, as well as in the United States, knitters gather to knit and listen to Hood tell her story of how the activity changed her life. Her anthology, Knitting Yarns: Writers Writing About Knitting, has been so popular that she is now working on a second edition.
Ann Hood and her family adopted their daughter Annabelle from Hunan, China in 2005 when Annabelle was eleven months old. Hood learned through that experience how adoption can change lives, and the many reasons that people choose to adopt. She has spoken at adoption organizations around the country, including New York City, Los Angeles and Boston to tell her own inspirational story of adopting Annabelle.
At the end of the nineteenth century, Ann Hood’s great-grandparents immigrated to the mill town of West Warwick, Rhode Island, with their infant daughter, Rose. Hood grew up with them in the house they bought when they arrived here, surrounded by dozens of relatives in an Italian-American neighborhood. She has been a proud Italian-American, speaking at Italian-American Societies and Historical Societies. Her new novel, An Italian Wife, chronicles one hundred years in the life of an Italian-American family, a topic which Hood enjoys speaking about and sharing her own experiences as the great-granddaughter of Italian immigrants.
In this workshop-like presentation, Ann Hood shares an intimate look into her own creative writing process and how she turned her life-long love for the written word into a fulfilling, successful career.
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