Anna Quindlen

This is a brief bio of Quindlen with some links from Online-Library.org. How comfortable would you be using some of the information here in a paper about this author? Explain your answer.

Here is her profile from a lecture agent. Compare the information here with that from the page mentioned above. What appears on this page that the other page doesn't pay much attention to?

Interested in this author's personal history? Here Quindlen explains how she came to love books. How does she relate reading and writing? How do you?

Did you know that Quindlen has contributed to the movies? Here is a movie review of One True Thing. Have you seen it? After reading this review, do you want to?

This is the citation for her Pulitzer Prize. Do you recognize any of the other authors on this page? How would you go about getting some information about them?

This is a review of her book Black and Blue. Can you tell what the novel is about from this review? What kinds of questions can you ask yourself about it that only the book itself can answer?

Would you like some more information about the central issue in Black and Blue? Here is a bibliography about domestic violence that will help you in your research.

This is an excerpt from A Short Guide to a Happy Life. Take a look at the accompanying photographs. Describe them in as much detail as you can. How do they complement the text?

Hungry for some multimedia featuring this author? This page has links to a video clip, an audio clip, and the transcript of an interview Quindlen did promoting her book Thinking Out Loud.

Here is the commencement address she gave at Mount Holyoke College in 1999. What is the theme of her speech? What does Quindlen have to say about learning? What does she have to say about being happy?