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Eileen Favorite teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she received her MFA in Writing in 1999. Her poems, essays, and stories have been published in many periodicals. She has received two Illinois Arts Council Fellowships for poetry and prose. Her poetry and essays have aired on WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio. She lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter.

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The Heroines Optioned for Film

I'm happy to report that 3Arts Entertainment has optioned the film rights for The Heroines. Actress Chloe Moretz (recently the 11-year-old assassin in Kick-Ass) will play the part of Penny. I always knew the novel needed the right young actress to fulfill the part. The next step for my agent, Alicia Gordon, of WME in Los Angeles, is finding a writer-director. Then a studio.

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Average rating: 2.78 · 625 ratings · 216 reviews · 2 distinct works

	The Heroines 2.77 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Il bosco delle storie perdute 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2008	My rating:

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October 2009, Eileen Favorite
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? EF: funny, frustrating, fulfilling, flawed, fantastical, forward-looking, fixed, free SS: What is your motto or maxim? EF: Strive for balance. Focus on what's working. What Readers wan..." ...More

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Quotes by Eileen Favorite

“Choosing between day and night. Edgar and Heathcliff.”
― Eileen Favorite, The Heroines

tags: love , wuthering-heights

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“In fiction, beauty was run-of-the-mill.”
― Eileen Favorite, The Heroines

tags: beauty , books , fiction , on-fiction

9 people liked it

“For a bookworm like Mother, a Brontë novel sister was better than a biological one.”
― Eileen Favorite, The Heroines

tags: books , brontës

7 people liked it

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