Recently, I have hear Ann describe herself as an author. She said, “ I am an author, that’s what I do. I write books.”
It just hit me that she does the public appearance and media appearances to sell books.
As an author, I believe she is pretty mediocre. The one book of hers I bought was about 15-20% introduction, if that, and the rest was a compendium of prior columns...A particularly lazy author if you ask me. On relection the 20% of new material, while not column reprints was just the same stuff she hawked on the air while hawking her new book.
It is the only book I ever bought or will buy from her.