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Check out the new novel -- PURE
http://www.pure-book.com

Also writes under the pen names N.E. Bode and Bridget Asher.

Critically acclaimed, bestselling author Julianna Baggott is the author of eighteen books, most notably her recent novel PURE, the first in a dystopian trilogy, a New York Times Book Review's Editor's Choice and a People magazine pick for books to read after the Hunger Games, on a list with Orson Scott Card and Philip Pullman. There are over fifty overseas editions of her books.

She’s the author of the National Bestseller Girl Talk, The Madam, and The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted, for adult readers; and The Anybodies Trilogy and The Prince o...more


As a contributor at Writer Unboxed, I have a piece up today about that heated topic of literary v. commercial, hitting on how we do a disservice to MFA students in CRW programs, how this this thing I call heart work operates early in a career -- I also don't let poetry off the hook. I give my definition of "what makes a bestseller" -- which I don't really understand. I talk about trying to make... read more »
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Average rating: 3.75 · 14,511 ratings · 2,741 reviews · 23 distinct works · Similar authors
Pure (Pure, #1)
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 8,316 ratings — published 2012 — 34 editions
Fuse (Pure, #2)
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 1,132 ratings — published 2013 — 16 editions
Girl Talk
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions
The Prince of Fenway Park
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions
The Miss America Family: A ...
3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions
The Ever Breath
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
The Madam
3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2006
This Country of Mothers
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
Compulsions of Silkworms an...
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2007
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Playing Role Reversal With My Therapist (Nonfiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:36pm
Description: I have a piece in the October 10th NEW YORK TIMES style section -- about a therapist who stepped over the line and wrote me a love poem.
A Writer-to-Writer Pep Talk (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:36pm
Description: (Written Originally for NaNoWriMo) http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Poetry for the People (Nonfiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:35pm
Description: Here's an essay (rant) on the purpose of poetry that first appeared in Good Times Weekly, Poetry Corner, made possible by the fantastic Dennis Morton and then was linked to on Poetry Daily (www.poems.com).
Florida State University 2008 Convocation Address (Nonfiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:35pm
Description: I was asked to speak to the freshman class of FSU before the start of their school year, and thus, here is the speech.
A Word on Rowling, as the EMT of Literature (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:35pm
Description: A commentary on J.K. Rowling and what she has done for the popularity of reading.
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Julianna I'm blogging on all things writerly -- agent advice, time vs. talent, art vs. entertainment, handling criticism, balancing a writing life ...

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Dean Baker thanks for adding, Julianna - appreciate that


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