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Jennifer Crusie

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Wapakoneta, Ohio, The United States

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Romance, Literature & Fiction, Humor

Influences

Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Parker

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March 2008

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Jennifer Crusie is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author of twenty-three novels, one book of literary criticism, miscellaneous articles, essays, novellas, and short stories, and the editor of three essay anthologies.

She was born in Wapakoneta, a small town in Ohio, and then went on to live in a succession of other small towns in Ohio and New Jersey until her last move to a small town in Pennsylvania. This may have had an impact on her work.

She has a BS in Art Education, an MA in literature, an MFA in fiction, and was ABD on her PhD when she started reading romances as part of her research into the differences between the ways men and women tell stories. Writing a romance sounded like more fun than wri ...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 391,035 ratings · 24,138 reviews · 80 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bet Me 3.94 avg rating — 95,384 ratings — published 2004 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Welcome to Temptation (Dempseys, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 34,085 ratings — published 2000 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Agnes and the Hitman (The Organization, #0) by Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads Author), Bob Mayer (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 22,272 ratings — published 2007 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Anyone But You 3.82 avg rating — 21,426 ratings — published 1996 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Faking It (Dempseys, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 19,681 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Crazy For You 3.80 avg rating — 18,247 ratings — published 1999 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Manhunting 3.80 avg rating — 16,352 ratings — published 1993 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Getting Rid of Bradley 3.73 avg rating — 15,297 ratings — published 1994 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Fast Women 3.82 avg rating — 14,513 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Maybe This Time 3.76 avg rating — 14,279 ratings — published 2010 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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I stayed up until six AM, fell asleep, walked the dog, did the dishes, fell asleep . . . I should start doing Wasted Mondays. Although the dishes did get done.

Uh, what’s the good intention for the week? Mine is to get out of bed.

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Dempseys (2 books)
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Liz Danger (3 books)
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Bob Mayer (Goodreads Author)

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Rocky Start (4 books)
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Bob Mayer (Goodreads Author)

4.49 avg rating — 7,128 ratings

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Jennifer Crusie answered Catherine's question: Not a question, but a statement??? Being Ohio-born and raised, I appreciate your perspective on the unique culture that is Ohio in your books. You are one of my go-to authors, and I am so happy you have new books out. I just finished Liz Danger and Rocky Start, and I continue to go back to re-read most of your books (and Bob, can't forget him). Thank you and keep the books coming!!! Thank you so much for reading, Catherine, and for sticking with me for so long. I really appreciate it! Jenny
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“If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning."
-Gwen Goodnight”
― Jennifer Crusie, Faking It

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“Nobody in my life has ever known me the way you do. Nobody in my life has ever made me feel as good as you do. You know me, you know everything about me, and when you leave me, you're going to be leaving the real me, the me nobody else has ever seen, that's who you're going to be rejecting.”
― Jennifer Crusie, Bet Me

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“I'm Min's fairy godmother, Charm Boy,' Liza said, frowning down at him. 'And if you don't give her a happily ever after, I'm going to come back and beat you to death with a snow globe.'

What happened to "bibbity bobbity boo"?' Cal asked Min.

That was Disney, honey,' Min said. 'It wasn't a documentary.”
― Jennifer Crusie, Bet Me

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2 votes, 5.4%

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by Peter Matthiessen

2 votes, 5.4%

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by Jhumpa Lahiri

2 votes, 5.4%

She's Come Undone

by Wally Lamb

2 votes, 5.4%

Cold Mountain

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1 vote, 2.7%

Getting Rid of Bradley

by Jennifer Crusie

1 vote, 2.7%

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