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Born:
19 October 1962 in Washington, DC. Youngest of 3 children. Father was a photographer for The Washington Post.

Childhood:
Nerdy. Spent a lot of time lying on my bed reading. Favorite authors back then: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madeleine L’Engle, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Joan Aiken, Susan Cooper, Lloyd Alexander. Book I would have taken to a desert island: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.

Education:
BA in English, Oberlin College, Ohio, 1984. No one was surprised that I went there; I was made for such a progressive, liberal place.

MA in creative writing, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1994. There’s a lot of debate about whether or not you can be taught to write. Why doesn’t anyone ask that of professional singers, painters, d ...more

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	Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 746,292 ratings — published 1999 — 300 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remarkable Creatures 3.88 avg rating — 52,317 ratings — published 2009 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady and the Unicorn 3.70 avg rating — 45,917 ratings — published 2003 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Runaway 3.85 avg rating — 37,492 ratings — published 2013 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Virgin Blue 3.67 avg rating — 33,276 ratings — published 1997 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Single Thread 3.75 avg rating — 29,637 ratings — published 2019 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Falling Angels 3.62 avg rating — 26,139 ratings — published 2001 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Edge of the Orchard 3.67 avg rating — 21,623 ratings — published 2016 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burning Bright 3.40 avg rating — 14,956 ratings — published 2007 — 93 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Boy 3.49 avg rating — 9,051 ratings — published 2017 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I'm delighted to say that THE GLASSMAKER is published today in the USA and Canada - at last! I have been working on this novel since 2019, researching and writing a lot of it during the pandemic, which is partly what slowed me down.

It's also a slightly longer book than I usually write, plus it covers 500 years of Venetian history! It's about a young woman who decides to do what women don't do ofte Read more of this blog post »

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“I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.”
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“He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my life seemed a different place, so that a woman became beautiful with the light on her face.”
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Which Of These HISTORICAL Books Would You Like To See As One Of Our Group Read Options For The Spring 2010 Challenge?

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

54 votes, 24.4%

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

49 votes, 22.2%

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

33 votes, 14.9%

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

26 votes, 11.8%

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

19 votes, 8.6%

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

10 votes, 4.5%

Shadowbrook: A Novel of Love, War, and the Birth of America by Beverly Swerling

9 votes, 4.1%

Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland

8 votes, 3.6%

The American Boy by Andrew Taylor

7 votes, 3.2%

The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand

6 votes, 2.7%

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