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Jennifer Crusie

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Born
Wapakoneta, Ohio, The United States
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Genre
Romance, Literature & Fiction, Humor

Influences
Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Parker

Member Since
March 2008

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Jennifer Crusie is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author of twenty-three novels, one book of literary criticism, miscellaneous articles, essays, novellas, and short stories, and the editor of three essay anthologies.

She was born in Wapakoneta, a small town in Ohio, and then went on to live in a succession of other small towns in Ohio and New Jersey until her last move to a small town in Pennsylvania.  This may have had an impact on her work. 

She has a BS in Art Education, an MA in literature, an MFA in fiction, and was ABD on her PhD when she started reading romances as part of her research into the differences between the ways men and women tell stories.  Writing a romance sounded like more fun than wri ...more

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This is a Good Book Thursday: The I Didn’t Realize It Was Thursday Edition

It’s actually worse than that.  I gave two people heart shaped boxes of candy yesterday, and said, “Happy Valentine’s Day” and they both said, “Thank you.  That was two weeks ago.”  Who knew?

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Jennifer Crusie answered Catherine's question:
Not a question, but a statement??? Being Ohio-born and raised, I appreciate your perspective on the unique culture that is Ohio in your books. You are one of my go-to authors, and I am so happy you have new books out. I just finished Liz Danger and Rocky Start, and I continue to go back to re-read most of your books (and Bob, can't forget him). Thank you and keep the books coming!!!
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Thank you so much for reading, Catherine, and for sticking with me for so long. I really appreciate it!
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“If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning."
-Gwen Goodnight”
― Jennifer Crusie, Faking It
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“Nobody in my life has ever known me the way you do. Nobody in my life has ever made me feel as good as you do. You know me, you know everything about me, and when you leave me, you're going to be leaving the real me, the me nobody else has ever seen, that's who you're going to be rejecting.”
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“I'm Min's fairy godmother, Charm Boy,' Liza said, frowning down at him. 'And if you don't give her a happily ever after, I'm going to come back and beat you to death with a snow globe.'

What happened to "bibbity bobbity boo"?' Cal asked Min.

That was Disney, honey,' Min said. 'It wasn't a documentary.”
― Jennifer Crusie, Bet Me
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