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.