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  <name><![CDATA[Mary Novik]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[If you've peeked at my profile before, you've heard about my writing group, SPiN, which consists of June Hutton, Jen Sookfong Lee, and me. With the publication of June's Underground this Spring, the three of us have met our goal of completing our debut novels, and we're now supporting and encouraging one another in new projects. Our website is at http://www.spinwrites.com and there's an essay about our group at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090224.wbktuesdayessay24/BNStory/globebooks/home

Many thanks to AbeBooks for putting my novel Conceit on their Top Ten Hottest New Canadian Books of 2008, http://www.abebooks.com/Canada/Features/canadian-books-of-the-year.shtml I'd also like to thank Margaret Donsbach for including Conceit on her Best Historical Novels 2008, http://www.historicalnovels.info/Best-Historical-Novels.html

I'm enjoying book talk with new friends on Goodreads and would love any feedback on Conceit, the story of Pegge, the daughter of the English poet John Donne, a contemporary of Shakespeare. My website, http://www.marynovik.com, has a blog, photos, a book club guide, a Q&amp;A, reviews, a contact page, and a 17th-century backgrounds page.In the US, Conceit is available at amazon.com,  ISBN-13: 978-0385662062 

I've been passionate about books all my life and was inspired to write Conceit when I visited St. Paul's Cathedral in London and discovered that John Donne's effigy was the only one that survived the Great Fire of 1666. ]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Victoria, British Columbia</hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Robert Creeley;: An inventory, 1945-1970]]></title>
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