Anna Quindlen
Author, journalist and columnist
Anna Quindlen is an American author, journalist and columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize for her New York Times column. She has also written novels and non-fiction.
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American Born 1952 in Philadelphia, United States
About Anna Quindlen
Anna Quindlen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 8, 1952. She began her journalism career in 1974 at the New York Post, and from 1977 to 1994 she held a number of positions at The New York Times. Her column there, Public and Private, earned the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Her novels include the bestselling Blessings and Rise and Shine, as well as One True Thing, a semi-autobiographical book that became a 1998 film with Meryl Streep and Renée Zellweger. Among her non-fiction books are Living Out Loud and Thinking Out Loud. She became a grandmother in 2016. Nanaville is among her books.