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    Anna Quindlen

    Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of many novels: Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, and Miller’s Valley. Her memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, published in 2012, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her book A Short Guide to a Happy Life has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at The New York Times she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, Living Out Loud and Thinking Out Loud. Her Newsweek columns were collected in Loud and Clear.
    Write for Your Life
    Write for Your Life
    Anna Quindlen
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    $26.00 US
    Hardcover
    Apr 12, 2022
    Random House
    A Truth Universally Acknowledged
    A Truth Universally Acknowledged
    33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen
    C. S. Lewis , Virginia Woolf , Anna Quindlen
    9780812980011
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 09, 2010
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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    Write for Your Life
    Write for Your Life
    Anna Quindlen
    9780593229835
    $26.00 US
    Hardcover
    Apr 12, 2022
    Random House
    A Truth Universally Acknowledged
    A Truth Universally Acknowledged
    33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen
    C. S. Lewis, Virginia Woolf, Anna Quindlen
    9780812980011
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 09, 2010
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

    Events

    Tue Feb 24 | 12:00 PM
    Temple Emanu-El's Streicker Center 1 E. 65th Street
    New York, NY 10065
    Google Map

    Wed Feb 25 | 07:00 PM
    RJ Julia at the First Congregational Church 26 Meetinghouse Lane
    Madison, CT 06443
    Google Map

    Thu Feb 26 | 06:30 PM
    AN UNLIKELY STORY
    111 South Street
    Plainville, MA 02762
    Google Map

    Sat Feb 28 | 04:00 PM
    Thunder Road Books at the Spring Lake Theatre 300 Madison Ave
    Spring Lake, NJ 07762
    Google Map

    Mon Mar 02 | 06:30 PM
    Parnassus Books 3900 Hillsboro Pike, Suite 14
    Nashville, TN 37215
    Google Map

    Tue Mar 03 | 06:00 PM
    The Bookworm at Omaha Scottish Rite 202 S 20th St.
    Omaha, NE 68102
    Google Map

    Thu Mar 05 | 07:00 PM
    Barnes & Noble 2289 Broadway
    New York, NY 10024
    Google Map

    Sat Mar 07 | 02:00 PM
    National Writers Series Traverse City Central High School 1150 Milliken Dr
    Traverse City, MI 49686
    Google Map

    Thu Apr 09 | 11:00 AM
    Ridgewood Library's Friends Foundation Author Luncheon THE TERRACE 293 Paramus Road
    Paramus, NJ 07652
    Google Map

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