Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, non-fiction, and self-help bestseller lists. 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. She is the author of six novels: Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, and Every Last One.

"Like having an older, wiser siser of favorite aunt over for a cup of tea ... A graceful look at growing older from a wise and accomplished writer." Kirkus "A laugh-out-loud book .. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake renews and restores our zest for life." The Washington Independent Review of Books "Wise and inspiring ... Quindlen masterfully and beautifully sums up the best parts of aging." Huffington Post "Quindlen will delight her steadfast readers with this pithy, get-real memoir." Booklist

Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, non-fiction, and self-help bestseller lists. 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. She is the author of six novels: Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, and Every Last One.

"Like having an older, wiser siser of favorite aunt over for a cup of tea ... A graceful look at growing older from a wise and accomplished writer." Kirkus "A laugh-out-loud book .. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake renews and restores our zest for life." The Washington Independent Review of Books "Wise and inspiring ... Quindlen masterfully and beautifully sums up the best parts of aging." Huffington Post "Quindlen will delight her steadfast readers with this pithy, get-real memoir." Booklist