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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.
More Than Enough
After Annie
Write for Your Life
Nanaville
Alternate Side
Miller's Valley
Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Every Last One
A Truth Universally Acknowledged
Black and Blue
Good Dog. Stay.
Rise and Shine
One True Thing
Being Perfect
Loud and Clear
Blessings
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Happily Ever After
How Reading Changed My Life
Object Lessons
Thinking Out Loud
Living Out Loud

Books

More Than Enough
After Annie
Write for Your Life
Nanaville
Alternate Side
Miller's Valley
Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Every Last One
A Truth Universally Acknowledged
Black and Blue
Good Dog. Stay.
Rise and Shine
One True Thing
Being Perfect
Loud and Clear
Blessings
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Happily Ever After
How Reading Changed My Life
Object Lessons
Thinking Out Loud
Living Out Loud

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