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Marilyn Brant

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Marilyn Brant is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of contemporary fiction. Her debut novel won RWA's prestigious Golden Heart Award® in 2007 and she was named the 2013 Author of the Year by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English. She wrote ACCORDING TO JANE, the story of a modern woman who receives dating advice from the spirit of Jane Austen, FRIDAY MORNINGS AT NINE, and A SUMMER IN EUROPE, all women's fiction releases from Kensington Books.

She's also a #1 Kindle & #1 Nook Bestseller and has written a series of fun and flirty contemporary romantic comedies, such as ON ANY GIVEN SUNDAE and PRIDE, PREJUDICE AND THE PERFECT MATCH, along with a bestselling coming-of-age romantic mystery (THE ROAD TO YOU), a sweet holida
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Marilyn Brant The best thing about being a writer for me is getting to do something creative every single day! Truly, that’s been such a gift. Even when the plottin…moreThe best thing about being a writer for me is getting to do something creative every single day! Truly, that’s been such a gift. Even when the plotting of a scene is giving me fits or the synopsis doesn’t seem to make sense at all…I love knowing that I have a place to play with these characters and storylines. My hope is that by writing about women’s dreams and experiences as honestly as possible, I might get closer to helping readers recognize truths about their own lives. It was this sense of “recognition” that my favorite novelists gave to me, and I’ll always be grateful for that.(less)
Marilyn Brant I'll always have a soft spot for Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. I loved their sharp-witted conversations and t…moreI'll always have a soft spot for Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. I loved their sharp-witted conversations and the way they interacted so believably on the page. I first read the novel when I was 14 and there was something incredibly spirited about their relationship -- I could visualize it as easily as if it were happening right in front of me. It's still one of my favorite novels of all time!(less)
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“But here I am at this moment, a thirty-four-year-old geek, and against my will and against my reason (although, okay, not against my character), I still want that fucking Cinderella story for myself.
More than an amazing, no-one-else-on-the-planet-knows-this secret.
More than anything else.
I want that happily-ever-after ending I imagined, as a teen, I’d get someday. That daydream I held on to as my prize for surviving those sucky years of adolescence.
Dammit, I deserve that ending.
It’s just that, if I’m truly honest with myself, I can no longer tell if it’s Sam, specifically, I want or if it’s the nearly two-decade-old fantasy featuring him as the heroic lead.
So, at the last second, I cop out.”
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“This was the dangerous line women had to walk. Curiosity versus consequences.”
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“The thing no one understood about Gwendolyn Reese was that she was three ages at once: thirty chronologically, forty-five intellectually and fifteen experientially.”
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“Perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common.”
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Marilyn Brant The pleasure is all mine, Sophia! It's wonderful to see you here on Goodreads :).


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