Anna Quindlen

Between 1977 and 1994 she held several posts at The New York Times. Her semi-autobiographical novel One True Thing (1994) served as the basis for the 1998 film starring Meryl Streep and Renée Zellweger.

Anna Quindlen studied at Barnard College and South Brunswick High School. The recorded working language is English. Residence is recorded at Manhattan. Employment is recorded with Newsweek. Distinctions recorded are New Jersey Hall of Fame and Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.

• Name — Anna Quindlen • Born — 8 July 1952 • Birthplace — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Occupation — Columnist, novelist • Spouse — Gerald Krovatin (m. 1978; div. 2021) • Website — https: annaquindlen.net • Education — Barnard College

• Illustration — Anna Quindlen in 1985 Anna Quindlen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 8, 1952, the daughter of Prudence (née Pantano, 1928–1972) and Robert Quindlen. Her father was Irish American and her mother was Italian American. 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. She was married to New Jersey attorney Gerald Krovatin, whom she met while in college. Their sons Quindlen Krovatin and Christopher Krovatin are published authors, and daughter Maria is an actress, comedian and writer. She has written ten novels, several of which have been adapted into motion pictures. One True Thing was made into a feature film in 1998. It starred Meryl Streep, who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the role. Black and Blue and Blessings were made into television movies in 1999 and 2003, respectively.

In 1994, her semi-autobiographical novel, titled One True Thing, was published. The book focuses on the relationship between a young woman and her mother, who is dying from cancer. Quindlen's own mother, Prudence Quindlen, died in 1972 while in her 40s from ovarian cancer. At the time Quindlen was a college student, but came home to take care of her mother. In 1998, a film of the same name was released. The movie starred Meryl Streep and Renée Zellweger as Kate and Ellen Gulden, fictionalized versions of Prudence and Anna Quindlen. Streep was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.

• A Quilt of a Country* (2001) • Living Out Loud (1988) • Thinking Out Loud (1994) • How Reading Changed My Life (1998) • Homeless (1998) • A Short Guide to a Happy Life (2000) from part of a cancelled commencement address that was to be given at Villanova • Loud and Clear (2004) • Imagined London (2004) • Being Perfect (2005) • Good Dog. Stay. (2007) • Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake (2012) • Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting (2019) • Write for Your Life (2022)

• Object Lessons (1991) • One True Thing (1994) • Black and Blue (1998) • Blessings (2002) • Rise and Shine (2006) • Every Last One: A Novel (2010) • Still Life with Bread Crumbs (2013) • Miller's Valley (2016) • Alternate Side (2018) • After Annie (2024) • More Than Enough (2026)

• Naked Babies (Photographs by Nick Kelsh) (1996) • Siblings (Photographs by Nick Kelsh) (1998)

• 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary • 2001 Mothers At Home Media Award • 2001 Clarion Award for Best Regular Opinion Column in a magazine • 2002 Clarion Award for Best Opinion Column from the Association for Women in Communications

• Colby College • Dartmouth College • Denison University • Grinnell College, May 2011 • Hamilton College, May 2006 • Kenyon College, May 2008 • Moravian College • Mount Holyoke College • Nantucket High School • Pennsylvania State University • Sarah Lawrence College • Smith College • Springfield College, May 2018 • Stevens Institute of Technology • Villanova University • Washington University in St. Louis • Wesleyan University

• University Medal of Excellence from Columbia • Poynter Fellow in Journalism at Yale • Victoria Fellow in Contemporary Issues at Rutgers • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences • Honorary Doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University (Aug.18 2007) • Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Washington University in St. Louis. (May. 19 2017)

• 2006 Amelia Earhart Award from Crittenton Women's Union • 2016 inductee into the New Jersey Hall of Fame