Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn is a pseudonym of author Julie Pottinger (born in 1970 in the U.S. as Julie Cotler ). She writes historical romances, the play at the beginning of the 19th century during the Regency period in Britain.
Your books are published in many countries in English as well as in Germany, Russia, Taiwan, Poland, Norway, Italy and Korea in the local language.
My pseudonym has chosen them for their novels on the shelves of bookstores in addition to the Regency romances of the successful writer Amanda Quick.
Life
Julia Quinn grew up primarily in New England, but spent even after the divorce of her parents in California. From childhood she was an avid reader and devoured include " The Chronicles of Narnia " by Lewis. As she grew older, she began to the chagrin of her father to read love stories for teenagers. To be allowed to continue to read this, she told him that it would be research, because they themselves wanted to write such stories. Then she wrote the first two chapters of a novel, which she completed it three years later and einschickte in one evening. However, he was rejected by the editors of the Sweet Dreams series ( love stories for teenagers).
In her final year at Harvard University Quinn stated that she did not know what to do with her bachelor's degree in art history. Finally, she decided to become a doctor. But in order to be accepted at a " medical school ," she had to sign up for extra courses. During this time she began writing Regency romance novels. When she finally had to choose between studying at Yale University, and Columbia University to its first two novels Splendid and Dancing At Midnight subject of a dispute between two publishing houses had become. This Quinn received more money for their novels than usual at first works usual and she decided to postpone their studies to continue to write. After three published novels and three more that should appear soon, Julia Quinn took her medical studies at Yale, but what they gave up after a few months back in order to devote himself entirely to writing.
She currently lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Work
Quinn's novels quickly gained many fans because of their easy humor and their witty dialogues. The plot is less driven by external events as of the main characters. The fact that Quinn's heroines are more modern and feminist than would be expected by women from the Regency period, gives their stories vibrancy and facilitates the identification with the characters.
Some book titles are based on movie titles. The title " How to Marry a Marquis " based on an idea of the author Candice Hern Regency, which was inspired by the movie " How to marry a Millionaire ". Since she could not even use him, Quinn allowed to exploit their idea. Its publisher was thrilled and so her next novel of "Starry Night" was renamed " To Catch an Heiress ". Thus, the title is based on " To Catch a Thief". Even the titles " The Duke and I" ( " The king and I") and "The Viscount Who Loved Me" ("The Spy who loved me" ) one notices their relationship to the corresponding movie titles.
Bibliography
Blydon series
- Splendid, 1995
- Minx, 1996
- A Tale of Two Sisters in Where's My Hero? , 2004 ( anthology of Lisa Kleypas Kinley MacGregor and )
Lyndon Series
- Everything And The Moon, 1997
- Brighter Than The Sun, 1997
To Catch An Heiress Series
- To Catch An Heiress, 1998
- How To Marry A Marquis, 1999
Bridgerton family
- How to enter a duke? ( The Duke and I) ( Daphne Bridgerton ), 2000
- How to enchant a Viscount? (The Viscount Who Loved Me) (Anthony Bridgerton ), 2000
- How to seduce a lord? ( An Offer From A Gentleman ) ( Benedict Bridgerton ), 2001
- Who is Lady Whistle Down? / Penelope spicy secret ( Romancing Mr. Bridgerton ) ( Colin Bridgerton ), 2002
- In love, your Eloise ( To Sir Phillip, With Love ) ( Eloise Bridgerton ), 2003
- A gorgeous wicked gentleman (When He Was Wicked ) ( Francesca Bridgerton ), 2004
- Midnight Diamond (It's In His Kiss) ( Hyacinth Bridgerton ), 2005
- Wedding bells for Lady Lucy (On the Way to the Wedding ) ( Gregory Bridgerton ), 2006
The Two Dukes of Wyndham
- The Lost Duke of Wyndham, 2008 ( Kissed by a Duke)
- Mr. Cavendish, I Presume, 2008 ( Seduced by a Lady)
Bevelstoke Collection
- The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever, 2007 ( The Secret Diary of Miss Miranda )
- What happens in London, 2009 (The window to the heart)
- Ten Things I Love about You, 2010 (Rendezvous in Hyde Park )
Lady Whistle Down
In these two anthologies, the witty columnist Lady Whistle Down linked from the novels about the Bridgerton family, the individual stories.
- The First Kiss in Lady Whistle Down Strikes Back ( with Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins and Mia Ryan ), 2004
Smythe -Smith Quartet
About the unmusical musical quartet.
- Just Like Heaven, 2011 ( With List and Kiss, 2012) ( Honoria Smythe - Smith)
- A Night like This, 2012 ( An Earl with courage and passion, 2013) ( Daniel Smythe - Smith)
- The Sum of All Kisses, 2013 ( Sarah Plein Worth)
Other anthologies
- Gretna Greene in Scottish Brides ( with Christina Dodd, Stephanie Laurens and Karen Ranney ), 1999
Other
- The Lady Most Likely, 2010 A novel in three parts. ( with Eloisa James and Connie Brockway )