1. Anna Marie Quindlen was born on July 8,1952 and is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist.
11 Facts About Anna Quindlen
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Anna Quindlen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 8,1952, the daughter of Prudence and Robert Quindlen.
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Anna Quindlen's father was Irish American and her mother was Italian American.
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Anna Quindlen graduated in 1970 from South Brunswick High School in South Brunswick, New Jersey, and then attended Barnard College, from which she graduated in 1974.
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Anna Quindlen was married to New Jersey attorney Gerald Krovatin, whom she met while in college.
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Anna Quindlen left journalism in 1995 to become a full-time novelist.
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Anna Quindlen 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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Much of her personal writing centers on her mother, who died from ovarian cancer, when Anna Quindlen was 19 years old.
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Anna Quindlen has written ten novels, several of which have been adapted into motion pictures.
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At the time Anna Quindlen was a college student, but came home to take care of her mother.
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In 1999, Villanova University invited Anna Quindlen to deliver the annual commencement address.