Anna Quindlen

Non-Fiction Author

Birthday July 8, 1952

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Philadelphia, PA

Age 71 years old

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About

A popular author and opinion columnist for the New York Times, she received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. Her published works of non-fiction include How Reading Changed My Life (1998) and A Short Guide to a Happy Life (2000).

Before Fame

She began her career in journalism with the New York Post. In the mid-1990s, she decided to abandon her newspaper writing career to become a full-time author of fiction; her novels from this period include One True Thing (1994) and Blessings (2002).

Trivia

Her novel, Black and Blue, was adapted into a television miniseries.

Family Life

She was born in Philadelphia to a family of mixed Italian and Irish descent. She married Gerald Krovatin; together, the couple had three children.

Associated With

Her work, One True Thing, was adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep.