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Don Jacobson has written professionally for forty years. His output has ranged from news and features to advertising, television, and radio. His work has been nominated for Emmys and other awards. He has previously published five books, all non-fiction.

He now exclusively writes Austenesque fiction. In 2016, he published The Keeper: Mary Bennet’s Extraordinary Journey which began the Bennet Wardrobe saga.

Subsequent books in the series include:

Henry Fitzwilliam's War (e-novelette) (2016)
The Exile: Kitty Bennet and the Belle Epoch (2017)
Lizzy Bennet Meets the Countess (2017)
The Exile: The countess Visits Longbourn (2018)
The Avenger: Thomas Bennet and a Father's Lament (2018)
The Pilgrim: Lydia Bennet and a Soldier's Portion (2019)
The Grail: T
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Don Jacobson Thanks again for the input. I am working to publish the entire tree which will describe the relationships of the persons in the Bennet Wardrobe series…moreThanks again for the input. I am working to publish the entire tree which will describe the relationships of the persons in the Bennet Wardrobe series. Glad the file I sent you helped out.(less)
Don Jacobson The short and simplest answer is Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. HOWEVER...that is going with the eternal and darn near unchangeable. Within t…moreThe short and simplest answer is Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. HOWEVER...that is going with the eternal and darn near unchangeable. Within the Jane Austen Universe I find the complex relationship between Fanny Price and Edmund Bertram in "Mansfield Park" to be very satisfying and revealing. Strangely the Harry Potter/Hermionie Granger/Ron Weasley triumverate is compelling...even though we know that Ginny W is the final 4th component. The broken relationship between George Smiley (Tinker-Tailor-Soldier-Spy) and his wife is essential to understanding the depths behind the placid exterior of the great spymaster. What I do enjoy are the new dynamics explored by JAFF authors who pair the secondary characters in P&P in different and more exciting manners. Popular is Colonel Fitzwilliam and Kitty (although I did marry him off to Lydia in one story).(less)
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I have been writing...yes...writing! With 100,000 words locked in, I am three scenes (Wickham's comeupance, the Proposal, and the Epilogue) from the end. Then off to edits!

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“The growing social consciousness of the Industrial Revolution (1750-1850) can be found throughout the Austen Universe. While the Lady wrote about the gentry, she, none-the-less, was speaking to the human condition. Class is an imaginary distinction conferring no better manners on the “haves” and no lesser nobility on the “have-nots” and that the deepest human emotions are universal.”
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