Anna Quindlen
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born
July 08, 1952
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female
place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States
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Literature & Fiction
about this author
Anna Quindlen is an American journalist and opinion columnist whose New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992.
She began her journalism career in 1974 as a reporter with The New York Post. Between 1977 and 1994 she held several posts at The New York Times. She left journalism in 1995 to become a full-time novelist. She currently writes a bi-weekly column for Newsweek and is known as a critic of what she perceives to be the fast-paced and increasingly materialistic nature of modern American life.
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Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen avg rating 3.50 — 4,607 ratings — published 1998 21 editions |
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One True Thing: A Novel by Anna Quindlen avg rating 3.77 — 2,412 ratings — published 1994 16 editions |
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Rise and Shine: A Novel by Anna Quindlen avg rating 3.20 — 2,660 ratings — published 2006 13 editions |
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Blessings by Anna Quindlen avg rating 3.38 — 2,456 ratings — published 2002 18 editions |
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A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen avg rating 3.91 — 858 ratings — published 2000 8 editions |
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Object Lessons by Anna Quindlen avg rating 3.49 — 593 ratings — published 1991 7 editions |
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Good dog. Stay. by Anna Quindlen avg rating 3.58 — 518 ratings — published 2007 7 editions |
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How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen avg rating 3.68 — 352 ratings — published 1998 3 editions |
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Being Perfect by Anna Quindlen avg rating 3.71 — 271 ratings — published 2005 2 editions |
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Loud and Clear by Anna Quindlen avg rating 3.84 — 259 ratings — published 2004 4 editions |
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"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home."
— Anna Quindlen (How Reading Changed My Life)
— Anna Quindlen (How Reading Changed My Life)
"I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves."
— Anna Quindlen
— Anna Quindlen
"The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself."
— Anna Quindlen
— Anna Quindlen
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