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Hillary Adrienne Stern

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Hillary Adrienne Stern is originally from New York City. As a child, she was a voracious and extremely fast reader. Her love of books was coupled with a love of writing, primarily fiction but also poetry.

Hillary wrote her first novel at the tender age of eight and her supportive parents encouraged her to submit it to a publisher. In response, she received a very kind note that, while a rejection, nevertheless, encouraged her to continue writing. And continue she did.

Hillary wrote all through college and law school and continued to write while raising a family and practicing as a lawyer. She took writing classes and participated in writing workshops and writers groups. Ultimately, she completed her first novel written as an adult as well ...more

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Hillary Adrienne Stern I'm currently working on a novel loosely based on the Kent State Shootings that took place in 1970. It happened when some students protesting the Viet…moreI'm currently working on a novel loosely based on the Kent State Shootings that took place in 1970. It happened when some students protesting the Vietnam War were shot by the Ohio National Guard. The country was very polarized over the war and it reminds me of how polarized the country seems to be right now. I want to explore both sides of that political divide sympathetically by letting my readers see it through the eyes of fictional characters living through it. (less)

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Hillary Adrienne Stern It's hard to pick a favorite, but one of my favorite fictional couples is from the great novel Shogun by James Clavell. John Blackthorne is an English…moreIt's hard to pick a favorite, but one of my favorite fictional couples is from the great novel Shogun by James Clavell. John Blackthorne is an English captain of a merchant ship who must navigate the treacherous political landscape of medieval Japan. He falls in love with Lady Mariko, the wife of a high-ranking Japanese official. Forced to hide their budding romance, they avoid detection by speaking to each other in a formal manner that, somehow, only heightens the romance factor. Clavell allows their love for each other to develop in a slow and incredibly satisfying way so that, by the extremely dramatic end of the novel, the intensity of their feelings is both believable and deeply felt by the reader. Blackthorne and Mariko's attempt to conquer their cultural differences adds to the rich texture of their relationship. All readers, but lovers of historical fiction in particular, will be well-rewarded for diving into the story of this incredibly romantic couple. (less)

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“reading was a gift, that books were to be treasured,”
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“The war had made him see that not everything was quite as black and white as he’d once thought. Most people were neither all good nor all bad. The guy kneeling beside you in the trenches could be a prejudiced bastard one minute and, in the next, he might risk his neck for your skin. A peaceful looking town could turn out to be a booby-trapped nest of bombs. Even your mortal enemy was probably just a young guy far from home who missed his wife and kids.”
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