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Elizabeth Kostova

Born

in New London, Connecticut, The United States

December 26, 1964

Website

http://www.theswanthieves.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Elizabeth Kostova was born Elizabeth Z. Johnson in New London, Connecticut and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee where she graduated from the Webb School of Knoxville. She received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan, where she won the 2003 Hopwood Award for her Novel-in-Progress. She is married to a Bulgarian scholar and has taken his family name.

Her first novel, The Historian, was published in 2005 and it has become a best-seller.

In May 2007, the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation was created. The Foundation helps support Bulgarian creative writing, the translation of contemporary Bulgarian literature into English, and friendship between Bulgarian authors and American and British ...more

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Elizabeth Kostova’s books

Average rating: 3.78 · 339,247 ratings · 28,239 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Elizabeth Kostova (Introduction), Charles E. Robinson (Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 2,018,134 ratings — published 1818 — 4058 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
	Dracula by Bram Stoker, Elizabeth Kostova (Foreword) 4.03 avg rating — 1,555,557 ratings — published 1897 — 113 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
	The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 281,870 ratings — published 2005 — 23 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
	The Swan Thieves 3.58 avg rating — 36,018 ratings — 3 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
	Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe, Elizabeth Kostova (Introduction) 3.91 avg rating — 16,127 ratings — published 1929 — 406 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
	The Shadow Land 3.73 avg rating — 16,470 ratings — published 2017 — 36 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
	Mystery Play 4.03 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2026 — 8 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
	L'Historienne et Drakula, Tome 1 3.71 avg rating — 128 ratings — 3 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
	L'Historienne et Drakula, Tome 2 by Elizabeth Kostova, Évelyne Jouve (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 113 ratings — 3 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
	The Historian: Part One of Two by Elizabeth Kostova, Justine Eyre (Narrator), Paul Michael (Narrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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Series by Elizabeth Kostova

L'Historienne et Drakula (2 books)
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Elizabeth Kostova,

Évelyne Jouve (Translator)

3.76 avg rating — 241 ratings

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Our theme for the Spring retreat (March, April, May) is Epistolary novels. The top 2-3 novels with most votes will be our selections. It will depend on book length if we do 2 or 3 books. This poll will be open for one week - last day to vote is Monday, Feb. 6.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

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3 votes, 27.3%

The Historian

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3 votes, 27.3%

Any Human Heart

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1 vote, 9.1%

Frankenstein

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1 vote, 9.1%

Affinity

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1 vote, 9.1%

The Pull of The Moon

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1 vote, 9.1%

Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson

1 vote, 9.1%

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery

0 votes, 0.0%

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