Jeanne Kalogridis

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in The United States

December 17, 1954

gender

female

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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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Jeanne Kalogridis's Books

Average rating: 3.80 · 16,340 ratings · 1,259 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Borgia Bride 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 4,620 ratings — published 2005 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Mona Lisa 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 3,356 ratings — published 2006 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil's Queen: A Novel of Catherine de Medici 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 2,627 ratings — published 2008 — 23 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Covenant with the Vampire (The Diaries of the Family Dracul, #1) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 2,437 ratings — published 1994 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children of the Vampire (The Diaries of the Family Dracul, #2) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 914 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lord of the Vampires (The Diaries of the Family Dracul, #3) by Jeanne Kalogridis, Elizabeth Jane Miller (Foreword by) 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 836 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scarlet Contessa: A Novel of the Italian Renaissance 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 894 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burning Times 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 598 ratings — published 2001 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I diari della famiglia Dracula. Il patto con il vampiro - I figli del vampiro - Il signore dei vampiri 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inquisitor's Wife: A Novel of Renaissance Spain 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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

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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?

The Devil's Queen: A Novel of Catherine de Medici by Jeanne Kalogridis

20 votes, 54.1%

Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie

9 votes, 24.3%

The Boleyn Wife by Brandy Purdy

8 votes, 21.6%

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