Ed kleinschmidt mayes bio wikipedia

Frances Mayes born March 23, is an American writer. Mayes and her husband William divorced in the s. After her divorce, Mayes began dating Edward Kleinschmidt , a fellow poet and professor employed at nearby Santa Clara University. In , Mayes bought a historic villa named Bramasole located in Cortona , Italy. Mayes and Kleinschmidt were married in , and Kleinschmidt took the last name Mayes.

Mayes's first novel, Swan , was published in Her novel Women in Sunlight was published in The book is a memoir of Mayes buying, renovating, and living in an abandoned villa in rural Cortona in Tuscany , a region of Italy. A film loosely based on the book, Under the Tuscan Sun. Another memoir, Every Day in Tuscany , was released in March In she published See You in the Piazza , an ode to favorite locations, and in Always Italy , a journey to all twenty regions of Italy.

In , the cookbook Pasta Veloce was published. Her books have been published in over fifty languages and many have been international best sellers. Source: [ 11 ].

Edward Kleinschmidt Mayes (born 29

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