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Caroline Leavitt is the New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You (Algonquin Books), which was on the Best Books of 2011 Lists from the San Francisco Chronicle, The Providence Journal, Bookmarks and Kirkus Reviews. It was also a Costco Pennie's Pick. Her 10th novel IS IT TOMORROW will be published by Algonquin in May 2013.

The winner of a New York Foundation of the Arts Grant, a second prize winner in Goldenberg Fiction Prize, A Sundance Screenwriting Lab Finalist, a Nickelodeon Screenwriting Fellowship Finalist and a National Magazine Award Nominee, Leavitt is a senior writing instructor at UCLA and Stanford online and a freelance manuscript consultant. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, Psychology Today, Salon,More, and...more








I first met Henriette Lazaridis Power at a reading and got to know her when a bunch of us all headed out into Boston for food and wine, and I was lucky enough to sit next to her. Spectacularly talented, her amazing debut, The Clover House, is about identity, longing and the cultural bonds we choose to keep. I'm thrilled to have her here. thank you, Henriette!


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Average rating: 3.50 · 5,698 ratings · 909 reviews · 28 distinct works · Similar authors
Pictures of You
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 3,907 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions
Girls in Trouble
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 1,038 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions
Coming Back to Me
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions
The Haunted Clubhouse (Wish...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions
Is This Tomorrow
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2013
Robinhound Crusoe
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
Living Other Lives
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1995
Into Thin Air
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions
Meeting Rozzy Halfway
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions
Family
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1987
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First chapter of IS THIS TOMORROW (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Dec 11, 2012 01:25pm
Description: This is an excerpt from my upcoming novel IS THIS TOMORROW (Algonquin Books), coming May 2013
First chapter Pictures of You (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Dec 02, 2010 08:26am
Description: The first chapter of my new novel, Pictures of You
First chapter Pictures of You (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Dec 02, 2010 08:23am
Description: The first chapter of my new novel, Pictures of You
The Wrong Sister (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Dec 23, 2009 07:06am
Description: short story about two sisters
High Infidelity (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Dec 23, 2009 07:04am
Description: High Infidelity, from New York magazine's special love and Sex issue
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Kris Neri Good to connect with you here, Caroline. Thanks for accepting my friendship.

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Magical Alienation: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery


Caroline Leavitt I can't seem to upload my book trailer, but here is the url. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxBE_e...

I hope you all love it!

Caroline


Caroline Leavitt Caroline Leavitt blesses Jodi Picoult for mentioning her in a piece in the UK's guardian about what women writers to read who work with the same themes as Jonathan Franzen. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/...


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