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Carol Rivers

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Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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July 2011

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I’ve been fortunate enough to have made my living by writing and I’ve enjoyed a long and harmonious relationship with my publisher, Simon&Schuster. But in recent months I can only stand in awe of the growing and robust numbers of Indie authors whom I admire so much and who have revolutionized the publishing industry. There is fire in the belly of this movement, giving a whole new aspect to the accepted norms in the publishing world. I’m mind-blown at the variety of genres born of digital technology and I’ve made many friends in the Indie world. On-line life for me has become rich and diverse with tales of Indie adventures and successes that are simply staggering. This is mouth-watering stuff and I feel privileged to be here on Goodreads...more

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Master of the art of adaptions

Question; would you like to see your book turned into a TV drama?

Answer; yes, if the book was given to the master of the art of adaptation, Andrew Davies!

This extraordinarily clever writer knows exactly what it takes to make a success of screenplays. Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Vanity Fair, Wives and Daughters and Tipping the Velvet are just some of his works, my own personal favourite...

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Books by Carol Rivers

Average rating: 4.23 · 53 ratings · 21 reviews · 14 distinct works

	East End Angel 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Eve Of The Isle 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	My rating:
	In the Bleak Midwinter. Carol Rivers 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Lily of Love Lane by Carol Rivers (Goodreads Author), Annie Aldington (Narrator) 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Lizzie of Langley Street 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Rose of Ruby Street 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Bella Of Bow Street 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Connie of Kettle Street 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	East End Jubilee 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Cockney Orphan 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Carol Rivers read and liked "Crombie's Crocodillo" by Julia Hughes "Crombie’s Crocodillo From a distance, it looked like a flying saucer had landed and taken off again vertically. A perfect circle of sloppy mud around ten foot in diameter surrounded by raggety grass. C"
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