Anna Quindlen is the bestselling author of novels and nonfiction titles including 
Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting, 
Still Life with Breadcrumbs, 
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, 
A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Miller's Valley
, Black and Blue, and 
Object Lessons. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for her 
New York Times column "Public and Private.'" She lives with her husband in New York. 
The Nightingale-Bamford School is an independent K-12 girl's school, founded in 1920 by Frances Nicolau Nightingale and Maya Stevens Bamford and located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.