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Women writers of all people should know better than to pigeonhole women, put them in little groups, the smart one, the sweet one.

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Anna Quindlen
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Anna Marie Quindlen
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