The second half of Ann Patchett's 1997 novel The Magician's Assistant is set entirely in Alliance.
In 2012, Patchett was on the Time 100 list of most influential people in the world by TIME magazine.
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At a reading of this story at Symphony Space for the NPR radio program Selected Shorts, the editor for the 2006 Best American collection, Ann Patchett, indicated that she considered the story to be the best in the collection.