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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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Average rating: 3.78 · 333,296 ratings · 27,415 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Elizabeth Kostova (Introduction), Charles E. Robinson (Contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 1,907,117 ratings — published 1818 — 13798 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) 4.02 avg rating — 1,485,207 ratings — published 1897 — 11816 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 — 277,132 ratings — published 2005 — 195 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 — 35,538 ratings — 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
	Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe, Elizabeth Kostova (Introduction) 3.91 avg rating — 15,821 ratings — published 1929 — 390 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 — 15,989 ratings — published 2017 — 35 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 3.70 avg rating — 127 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
	Mystery Play: A Novel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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
	The Historian: Part One of Two by Elizabeth Kostova, Justine Eyre (Narrator), Paul Michael (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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L'Historienne et Drakula (2 books)
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Elizabeth Kostova,

Évelyne Jouve (Translator)

3.76 avg rating — 240 ratings

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3rd Quarter (October - December) 2025 Long Read Poll

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, 2004, 1006 pages

44 votes, 23.7%

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, 2005, 704 pages

38 votes, 20.4%

World's End by Upton Sinclair, 1940, 740 pages

27 votes, 14.5%

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon, 2000, 678 pages

26 votes, 14.0%

Alaska by James A. Michener, 1988, 868 pages

25 votes, 13.4%

A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul, 1961, 623 pages

20 votes, 10.8%

Lucky Per by Henrik Pontoppidan, 1898, 664 pages

6 votes, 3.2%

186 total votes

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