Episode 88: Anna Quindlen

Anna Quindlen became a star at the New York Times writing about motherhood and what it’s like to go to the supermarket dragging little kids along, an event she said should be included in the Olympics. Quindlen reached new heights as a journalist when she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for her Op-ed column Public and Private. She likes to challenge herself and that’s just what she did in 1994 when she announced that she was quitting her job at the Times to become a full time novelist. She’s now on novel number 10. Quindlen’s latest book, a work of non-fiction, is called Write for Your Life. I talk to Anna Quindlen about being prolific, her grand kids and the looming threat to abortion rights.