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Check out the new novel -- PURE
http://www.pure-book.com

Also writes under the pen names N.E. Bode and Bridget Asher.

Critically acclaimed, bestselling author Julianna Baggott is the author of eighteen books, most notably her recent novel PURE, the first in a dystopian trilogy, a New York Times Book Review's Editor's Choice and a People magazine pick for books to read after the Hunger Games, on a list with Orson Scott Card and Philip Pullman. There are over fifty overseas editions of her books.

She’s the author of the National Bestseller Girl Talk, The Madam, and The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted, for adult readers; and The Anybodies Trilogy and The Prince o...more




Eowyn Ivey and I met this winter. We were in one of those big halls, sitting behind stacks of our books, while booksellers rushed and roamed. I liked her immediately and though I hadn't yet read a word of her (wonderful) debut -- THE SNOW CHILD -- I had the feeling I was with a real writer -- one who seemed to be keenly smart and warm and really human, real, genuine. Those traits can translat... read more »
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Average rating: 3.72 · 5,623 ratings · 1,351 reviews · 17 distinct works
Pure (Pure, #1)
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 2,381 ratings — published 2012 — 19 editions
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Girl Talk
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The Prince of Fenway Park
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions
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The Miss America Family : A...
3.02 of 5 stars 3.02 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions
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The Ever Breath
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The Madam
3.07 of 5 stars 3.07 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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This Country of Mothers
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2001
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Compulsions of Silkworms an...
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2007
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Playing Role Reversal With My Therapist (Nonfiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:36pm
Description: I have a piece in the October 10th NEW YORK TIMES style section -- about a therapist who stepped over the line and wrote me a love poem.
A Writer-to-Writer Pep Talk (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:36pm
Description: (Written Originally for NaNoWriMo) http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Poetry for the People (Nonfiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:35pm
Description: Here's an essay (rant) on the purpose of poetry that first appeared in Good Times Weekly, Poetry Corner, made possible by the fantastic Dennis Morton and then was linked to on Poetry Daily (www.poems.com).
Florida State University 2008 Convocation Address (Nonfiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:35pm
Description: I was asked to speak to the freshman class of FSU before the start of their school year, and thus, here is the speech.
A Word on Rowling, as the EMT of Literature (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:35pm
Description: A commentary on J.K. Rowling and what she has done for the popularity of reading.
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" I have a great love for damaged characters, and for characters with a survivor instinct. That is Pressia. I throughly enjoyed this book from beginning to end, it's dark, twisted, disturbing, and at times borderline political. The plot is very tigh... "
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More of Julianna's books…
“Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.”
Julianna Baggott, Girl Talk

“Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.”
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“Beauty, you can find it here if you look hard enough.”
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Julianna I'm blogging on all things writerly -- agent advice, time vs. talent, art vs. entertainment, handling criticism, balancing a writing life ...

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Dean Baker thanks for adding, Julianna - appreciate that


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