Danielle Crittenden (born April 20, 1963), is a Canadian-American

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and

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Career

Born in Toronto, Ontario, she is the daughter of Max Crittenden, a former editor with the ''

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'', and journalist and book critic Yvonne Crittenden. Her stepfather was journalist

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. She graduated in 1981 from

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in Toronto. She did not attend university but became a full-time general assignment reporter and feature writer at the ''

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'' until 1984. She then traveled and freelanced for magazines and newspapers until marrying

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, in 1988. The couple moved to

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and later to Washington, D.C. She is a convert to

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Works

*''What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman'', (Simon and Schuster, 1999) *''Amanda Bright@Home'', (Warner Books 2003) * ''The President's Secret IMs'', (Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2007), * "From a Polish Country House Kitchen" with

Anne Applebaum Anne Elizabeth Applebaum (born July 25, 1964) is an American journalist and historian. She has written extensively about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. She has worked at ''The Econo ...

, (Chronicle Books, 2012)

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