Anna Quindlen

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Anna Quindlen
Born July 8, 1953 (1953-07-08) (age 58)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Residence Manhattan, New York
Occupation Columnist, Novelist
Spouse Gerald Krovatin

Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1953) is an American author, 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 for the New York Post. Between 1977 and 1994 she held several posts at The New York Times.[1]

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[edit] Life and career

Quindlen left journalism in 1995 to become a full-time novelist. In 1999, she joined Newsweek, writing a bi-weekly column until announcing her semi-retirement in the May 18, 2009 issue of the magazine. Quindlen is known as a critic of what she perceives to be the fast-paced and increasingly materialistic nature of modern American life. Much of her personal writing centers on her mother who died at the age of 40 from ovarian cancer, when Quindlen was 19 years old.

She has written five best-selling novels, three of which have been made into movies. One True Thing was made into a feature film in 1998 for which Meryl Streep received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Black and Blue and Blessings were made into television movies in 1999 and 2003 respectively.[1]

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to an Irish father and an Italian mother, Quindlen graduated in 1970 from South Brunswick High School in South Brunswick, New Jersey.[2]

Quindlen graduated from Barnard College in New York City in 1974; she now serves on its Board of Trustees. She is also on the Council of the Authors Guild and the Board of St. Luke's School in New York. Quindlen is married to Gerald Krovatin, an attorney; they have three children. She lives with her family in New York City.[1]

[edit] Works

[edit] Nonfiction

  • Living Out Loud (1988)
  • Thinking Out Loud (1994)
  • How Reading Changed My Life (1998)
  • Homeless (1998)
  • A Short Guide to a Happy Life(2000) ISBN 978-0-375-50461-7 from part of a cancelled commencement address that was to be given at Villanova
  • Loud and Clear (2004)
  • Imagined London (2004)
  • Being Perfect (2005)
  • Good Dog. Stay. (2007)

[edit] Novels

  • Object Lessons (1991)
  • One True Thing (1994)
  • Black and Blue (1998)
  • Blessings (2002)
  • Rise and Shine (2006)
  • Every Last One: A Novel (2010)

[edit] Children's books

[edit] New table pictorials

[edit] Speeches

[edit] Awards

[edit] Industry Awards

[edit] Honorary Degrees

[edit] Other Awards from Universities

[edit] Other Awards

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Authors - Anna Quindlen". Newsweek (newsweek.com). http://www.newsweek.com/authors/anna-quindlen.html. Retrieved February 18, 2011. 
  2. ^ Kalet, Hank. "From South Brunswick High School to a Pulitzer Prize: Nationally renowned writer, journalist has local roots", South Brunswick Post, June 21, 2001. Accessed July 9, 2007. "Anna Quindlen has a busy schedule. The 1970 South Brunswick High School graduate writes a regular column for Newsweek, is raising three kids in New York City and makes the rounds of the talk show circuit to promote her various writing projects."

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