Jeanne Kalogridis

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December 17, 1954 in The United States

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http://www.jeannekalogridis.com

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Historical Fiction

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Okay, here are the bare facts: I was born in Florida on December 17, 1954, and I've been interested in books ever since. My interest in language led me to earn a B.A. in Russian in 1976 (although my major was microbiology until my senior year).

That was soon followed by a two-year stint as a legal secretary. The good part about that was, I learned how to type, which comes in useful these days. Then I wound up in grad school, and earned an M.A. in Linguistics from the University of South Florida. I also took a few post-graduate classes in computational linguistics at Georgetown University, just for fun.

With freshly earned M.A. in hand, I traveled with my beloved consort, George, to Washington, D.C., where I managed to land a job teaching Engl...more

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Why I Heart Indie Writers

I was thinking about the brouhaha over at Big Al's Books & Pals blog concerning the now-infamous Jacqueline Howett, who wrote THE GREEK SEAMAN. If you missed it and you're in the mood for some eyeball-pinwheeling excitement, click here.

Welcome back. Still dazed? Here, let me get you a chair. Sit down and catch your breath.

I'm sure that the unpleasant incident has spawned hundreds of blog en...

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Books by Jeanne Kalogridis

Average rating: 3.76 · 9,697 ratings · 975 reviews · 13 distinct works

	The Borgia Bride 3.80 avg rating — 2,884 ratings — published 2005 — 17 editions	My rating:
	I, Mona Lisa 3.77 avg rating — 2,088 ratings — published 2006 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Devil's Queen: A Novel of Catherine de Medici 3.81 avg rating — 1,485 ratings — published 2009 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Covenant with the Vampire 3.67 avg rating — 1,202 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Children of the Vampire 3.83 avg rating — 580 ratings — 11 editions	My rating:
	Lord of the Vampires by Jeanne Kalogridis, Elizabeth Jane Miller (Foreword by) 3.88 avg rating — 534 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Scarlet Contessa: A Novel of the Italian Renaissance 3.62 avg rating — 480 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Burning Times: A Novel 3.50 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	My rating:
	I diari della famiglia Dracula. Il patto con il vampiro - I figli del vampiro - Il signore dei vampiri 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Unknown Book 11743824 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings	My rating:

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Series by Jeanne Kalogridis

Diaries of the Family Dracul (3 books)
by Jeanne Kalogridis, Elizabeth Jane Miller (Foreword by)

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Quotes by Jeanne Kalogridis

“I do not worship their devil. Nor do I worship their other gods--Jesus, Jehovah, the Holy Spirit--but I respect them, for all gods are One. I worship the Great Mother, the one many call Diana, whose secret name the inquisitors shall never know. If this makes me a witch by their definition--very well then, I am a witch, just as surely as they are Christians and murderers.”
― Jeanne Kalogridis, The Burning Times: A Novel

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“Miroir de l'Ame Pecheresse, Mirror of a Lost Soul.”
― Jeanne Kalogridis, The Devil's Queen: A Novel of Catherine de Medici

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Which book would you like to read for our October 15 - November 15 European Royalty group read?

A Treasury of Royal Scandals The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors by Michael Farquhar

12 votes, 38.7%

The Borgia Bride A Novel by Jeanne Kalogridis

8 votes, 25.8%

Christina, Queen of Sweden The Restless Life of a European Eccentric by Veronica Buckley

8 votes, 25.8%

The Royal Physician's Visit A Novel by Per Olov Enquist

3 votes, 9.7%

31 total votes

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