{{Short description|American journalist (1926–2023)}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2023}} {{Use American English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox writer | name = Edith Lank | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|02|27}} | birth_place = Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|01|01|1926|02|27}} | death_place = Rochester, New York, U.S. | occupation = Author, advice columnist, blogger }}
'''Edith Lank''' (February 27, 1926 – January 1, 2023) was an American author, advice columnist, and blogger who lived in Rochester, New York. She authored or co-authored ten books on real estate and one book on Jane Austen. Her books, including the ''Home Buyers Kit'' and ''Home Sellers kit'', provide practical advice for real estate transactions. Her syndicated weekly real estate column appeared in more than 100 newspapers and web sites, and she answered questions sent to AskEdith.com. ''USA Today'' dubbed her the Dear Abby of real estate.<ref name="usa">[https://archive.today/20130131133651/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55943572.html?dids=55943572:55943572&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+30,+1989&author=Anne+Kates&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=House+Calls+is+a+hit;Edith+Lank+is+real+estate's+Dear+Abby&pqatl=google House Calls is a hit<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She appeared on television and public radio.
Lank wrote '86 and Holding',<ref name="86 and holding">{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.democratandchronicle.com/brighton/?p=3153 |title=Local real-estate guru tackles new field {{!}} Brighton Blog {{!}} Rochester Democrat and Chronicle<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=December 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110232214/http://blogs.democratandchronicle.com/brighton/?p=3153 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a blog about adventures in aging, with a positive orientation towards the process of growing old.
Lank was an avid Jane Austen collector, with hundreds of editions and related material, including a unique copy of Lord Brabourne's ''Letters of Jane Austen'' annotated by family members.<ref name="pursuasions">[http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol29no1/lank.html Edith Lank<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She was a board member of the Jane Austen Society of North America and a life member of the British society.
Lank wrote her final House Calls newspaper column at the end of June 2019, retiring from her 40+ year columnist career, at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lank |first1=Edith |title=She's 93 and has been writing for us for decades. This is Edith Lank's farewell column. |url=https://eu.democratandchronicle.com/story/marketplace/real-estate/2019/06/14/edith-lank-hangs-up-her-real-estate-column-after-nearly-44-year/1457007001/ |access-date=January 5, 2023 |publisher=Democrat & Chronicle}}</ref>
Lank was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Lank died on January 1, 2023, in Rochester at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/obituaries/rdc180481 | title=Obituaries in Rochester, NY | Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | date=January 3, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2023-01-02/longtime-area-real-estate-columnist-edith-lank-has-died | title=Longtime area real estate columnist Edith Lank has died | date=January 2, 2023 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.AskEdith.com AskEdith.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217092142/http://www.askedith.com/ |date=February 17, 2023 }} * [https://86andholding.blogspot.com/ 86 and Holding at Blogspot.com]
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