Justin Cronin





Justin Cronin

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Justin Cronin is an American novelist. Awards he's won for his fiction include the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Stephen Crane Prize, and the Whiting Writer's Award.

Born and raised in New England, Cronin is a graduate of Harvard University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He currently lives with his wife and children in Houston, Texas where he is Professor of English at Rice University.

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Average rating: 3.98 · 88,073 ratings · 14,314 reviews · 9 distinct works · Similar authors
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 66,203 ratings — published 2010 — 79 editions
The Twelve (The Passage, #2)
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 19,167 ratings — published 2012 — 34 editions
The Summer Guest
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,595 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions
Mary and O'Neil: A Novel in...
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 978 ratings — published 2001 — 12 editions
A Passagem - Volume I
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4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 52 ratings2 editions
A Passagem - Volume II
4.45 of 5 stars 4.45 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
The City of Mirrors (The Pa...
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — expected publication 2014
A Short History of the Long...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1995
The Passage Waterstones Exc...
4.58 of 5 stars 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012
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The Passage The Twelve
The Passage (3 books)
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3.977840243616772 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 85,380 ratings

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November 2010, Justin Cronin
"Call him a harbinger of doom. The novelist describes the thrill of crafting The Passage, in which a failed military experiment leads to the fall of civilization." ...More

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“We live, we die. Somewhere along the way, if we're lucky, we may find someone to help lighten the load.”
Justin Cronin, The Passage

“Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody.”
Justin Cronin, The Summer Guest

“What strange places our lives can carry us to, what dark passages.”
Justin Cronin, The Passage

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