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Kirsten Mickelwait is a copywriter by day and a writer of fiction and creative nonfiction by night. She's been passionate about reading and writing for as long as she can remember, but her love of literature was really ignited as an English major at UC Berkeley, where she discovered James Joyce and the expatriate writers of 1920s Paris. The Ghost Marriage is her first published book. She has a few short stories in print (her story, Parting with Nina, won The Ledge's 2004 Fiction Award) and an ambitious first novel, set in six historical periods, sits in some forgotten drawer. She's an alumna of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, the Napa Valley Writers Conference, and several other writers' workshops. She's currently at work on a histor ...more

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Kirsten Mickelwait liked an answer about Hamnet: I'm listening to "Hamnet" on audio and, between the writer and the audiobook reader, I'm transfixed. O'Farrell does such an amazing job of writing in a descriptive language that seems authentic to the Elizabethan period, without losing the modern reader. I consider this one of the best books I've read all year and am already looking forward to reading more of O'Farrell's works. Any recommendations for the next one? O'Farrell's memoir: I am, I am, I am: 17 brushes with death was lovely. Amy Cornell
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