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  <name><![CDATA[Paullina Simons]]></name>
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  <fans-count type="integer">27</fans-count>
  <followers-count type="integer">11</followers-count>
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  <about><![CDATA[Paullina Simons was born in Leningrad, USSR in 1963. At the age of ten her family immigrated to the United States. Growing up in Russia Paullina dreamt of someday becoming a writer. Her dream was put on hold as she learned English and overcame the shock of a new culture. 

After graduating from university and after various jobs including working as a financial journalist and as a translator Paullina wrote her first novel &lt;i&gt;Tully&lt;/i&gt;. Through word of mouth that book was welcomed by readers all over the world. 

She has since written &lt;i&gt;Red Leaves, Eleven Hours, The Bronze Horseman, The Bridge to Holy Cross&lt;/i&gt;, (also known as &lt;i&gt;Tatiana and Alexander&lt;/i&gt;.) &lt;i&gt;The Summer Garden&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;The Girl in Times Square&lt;/i&gt;. Many of Paullina's novels have reached international bestseller lists in countries including Australia and New Zealand. 

Apart from her novels, Paullina has also written a cookbook, &lt;i&gt;Tatiana's Table&lt;/i&gt;, which is a collection of recipes, short stories and recollections from her best selling trilogy of novels, &lt;i&gt;The Bronze Horseman, The Bridge to Holy Cross&lt;/i&gt;, (also known as &lt;i&gt;Tatiana and Alexander&lt;/i&gt;) and &lt;i/&gt;The Summer Garden&lt;/i&gt;.

Paullina's latest novel is &lt;i&gt;Road To Paradise&lt;/i&gt; which is currently available in all reputable Australian and New Zealand book stores. 
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  <title><![CDATA[The Bronze Horseman]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.45</average_rating>
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  <published>1994</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Tully]]></title>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Tatiana and Alexander]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.18</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>310</ratings_count>
  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Summer Garden]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.06</average_rating>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Red Leaves]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Girl in Times Square]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Paullina Simons]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.97</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>185</ratings_count>
  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Eleven Hours]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.41</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>155</ratings_count>
  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Road to Paradise]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.05</average_rating>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Tatiana's Table: Tatiana and Alexander's Life of Food and Love]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>29</ratings_count>
  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[A Song in the Daylight]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Paullina Simons]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
  <published>2009</published>  
  
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