Sarah Addison Allen
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North Carolina, The United States
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Literature & Fiction
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October 2008
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North Carolina novelist Sarah Addison Allen brings the full flavor of her southern upbringing to bear on her fiction -- a captivating blend of fairy tale magic, heartwarming romance, and small-town sensibility.
Born and raised in Asheville, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Allen grew up with a love of books and an appreciation of good food (she credits her journalist father for the former and her mother, a fabulous cook, for the latter). In college, she majored in literature -- because, as she puts it, "I thought it was amazing that I could get a diploma just for reading fiction. It was like being able to major in eating chocolate."
After graduation in 1994, Allen began writing seriously. Her big br...more
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Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.90 — 5,301 ratings — published 2007 23 editions |
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The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.92 — 2,502 ratings — published 2008 14 editions |
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The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 2010 |
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"Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like it had moved there on its own, just to get your attention. Sometimes what's inside will change your life, but sometimes you don't even have to read it. Sometimes it's a comfort just to have a book around. Many of these books haven't even had their spines cracked. 'Why do you buy books you don't even read?' our daughter asks us. That's like asking someone who lives alone why they bought a cat. For company, of course."
— Sarah Addison Allen (The Sugar Queen)
— Sarah Addison Allen (The Sugar Queen)
"To Fred, those years seemed to pass like quickly skimming a book and then finding the ending wasn't what he expected. He wished he'd paid more attention to the story."
— Sarah Addison Allen
— Sarah Addison Allen
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Just finished reading "Sugar Queen" and "Garden Spells" in one week! I loved them both! You are truly a gifted writer. I can hardly wait for your next novel. I do hope that you have more stories up your sleeve!
Lots of Luck to you!
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