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Maureen Lee

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Website

http://www.maureenleelenker.com

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Genre

Historical Fiction, Romance, Chick Lit

Member Since

March 2016

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Maureen Lee Lenker is an award-winning journalist who has written for Turner Classic Movies, The Hollywood Reporter, Ms. Magazine, and more. She is a senior writer for Entertainment Weekly, where she maintains a quarterly romance review column, Hot Stuff, in addition to covering film, TV, and theater. She is a proud graduate of both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Maureen calls Los Angeles home, where you’ll either find her at the beach or in a repertory movie-house, if she’s not writing.

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Average rating: 3.94 · 115 ratings · 42 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Then Comes Winter by Christina Boyd (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lory Lilian (Goodreads Author), Linda Gonschior 3.94 avg rating — 115 ratings — 2 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
	Quicklet on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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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Maureen Lee liked Liz Locke's review of A Star is Scorned: "Flynn Banks is my ideal romantic hero: funny, charming, knows how to cook, and has a fabulous beach house. But truthfully, my heart belongs to the monkey."
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