Editing Anne Lamott (section)

==Early life and education==
Lamott was born in [[San Francisco]], and is a graduate of [[Drew School]]. She was a student at [[Goucher College]] for two years where she wrote for the newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Flanagan|first1=Mark|title=Anne Lamott|url=http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/authorprofiles/p/Anne-Lamott-biography.htm|website=About Entertainment|access-date=November 4, 2014|archive-date=November 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104174409/http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/authorprofiles/p/Anne-Lamott-biography.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her father, [[Kenneth Lamott]], was also a writer. Her first published novel ''Hard Laughter'' was written for him after his diagnosis of brain cancer. She has one son, Sam, who was born in August 1989 and a grandson, Jax, born in July 2009.<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/06/living/anne-lamott-boomer/index.html|last=Hetter|first=Katia|date=April 6, 2012|title=Anne Lamott's directions for grandparents: 'Some Assembly Required'|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=April 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/15/anne-lamott-selling-fairfax-home-for-1-199m/|title=Author Anne Lamott selling Marin home for $1.199 million|author=Brennan, Keri|website=MercuryNews.com|date=July 15, 2017 |publisher=Bay Area News Group|access-date=July 15, 2017}}</ref>