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Libby Sternberg

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Baltimore, Maryland, The United States

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary

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September 2010

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Libby Sternberg is an Edgar finalist, a Launchpad Prose Top 50 finalist, and a BookLife quarter-finalist twice.

She writes historical fiction, women’s fiction, and more under the names Libby Sternberg and Libby Malin, and one of her romantic comedies was bought for film.

She has written two retellings of classic stories:"Daisy" ("The Great Gatsby") and "Sloane Hall" ("Jane Eyre").

"Sloane Hall" was one of only 14 books highlighted in the Huffington Post on the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Bronte's birth.

"Daisy" has been hailed by Publishers Weekly's BookLife contest as "A delightful portrayal of a female character claiming the story as her own, repossessing her own voice.”

Born in Baltimore, she now lives in Lancaster, PA with her husband ...more

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An “interview” with F. Scott Fitzgerald

By Libby Sternberg

What if F. Scott Fitzgerald could reflect on The Great Gatsby a century after its publication? This imagined Q&A presents his responses using his own words.*

1. Your short stories were your bread and butter for a long time, yet you wrote your editor, Max Perkins, that in Gatsby you wanted “something new….something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricat

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Average rating: 3.53 · 494 ratings · 95 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	Daisy 3.70 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2022 — 10 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
	Sloane Hall 3.23 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Uncovering Sadie's Secrets (Bianca Balducci Mystery, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2003 — 10 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
	Finding the Forger (Bianca Balducci Mystery, #2) 3.20 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2004 — 7 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 Case Against My Brother 3.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2007 — 6 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
	KIT AUSTEN'S JOURNEY (The Heart's Journey Series, Book One 1) 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2010 — 7 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
	Fall From Grace 2.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Death Is the Cool Night 3.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Mending Ruth's Heart 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	Recovering Dad (Bianca Balducci Mystery, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008 — 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

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Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)

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Libby said: " I just started reading this after reading about it on Beatrice.com. I don't usually read steam punk, but it intrigued me. Am enjoying it so far. Libby Sternberg ...more "

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