Background

Anne Quirk was born on January 11, 1956 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, into the family of John T. and Mary E. (Hurley) Quirk. She grew up in a very large family. Her parents are both lawyers, one of her sisters is also an attorney, her grandfather was a police officer, and yet another sister now works for the prison system.

Education

Anne Quirk studied at Dartmouth College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in 1977. In 1986, Anne earned a Master of Arts at Tufts University.

Career

Anne Quirk started her career as a marketing worker at Harper & Row in New York City in 1970. She worked for that company until 1985. During this period she also partially worked for Philomel/Putnam, also as a marketing worker. In 1986 - 1993 Anne worked for Little Brown in Boston also in marketing. In 1993, she became a freelance marketing and advertising consultant. In 1997 she published her book Dancing with Great-Aunt Cornelia.

Achievements

• Anne Quirk is highly famous as the author of the book Dancing with Great-Aunt Cornelia, written in 1997.

Works

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  • Dancing With Great-Aunt Cornelia

    (When thirteen-year-old Connie spends two weeks with her e...)

    1997

Views

Quotations: “My first and so far only novel for children, Dancing with Great-Aunt Cornelia, has absolutely nothing to do with my childhood. Except, maybe, that it was inspired by a respect for and delight in the messiness of families. I’m now nearly thirty years older than my heroine, Connie O’Malley, but like her I continue to discover how maddening my family is. And, like her, I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

Connections

Anne Quirk married the physicist Robert M. Carey on August 1, 1987. They have two children - Isabel and Andrew.

Father:

John T. Quirk

Mother:

Mary E. (Hurley) Quirk

Spouse:

Robert M. Carey

Daughter:

Isabel Carey

Son:

Andrew Carey