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A former documentary television producer (for WNET-13, where she won two Emmy Awards), Kate Manning would rather read than watch TV. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, Glamour, and Time magazine. She has taught writing at Bard High School Early College in New York City where she lives with her family. Early endorsements of her new novel, Gilded Mountain, are from authors Erik Larson, ("Brilliant. I raced through it.") Christina Baker Kline ("So immersive, so richly imagined.") Carol Edgarian ("Remarkably panoramic") and Marybeth Keane ("love, sorrow, revenge, joy, Gilded Mountain hums with all of these..." Pub date 11/1/22. ...more

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Kate Manning For a new novel, I'm working on channeling and shaping a voice from the past that's not the same voice from the past that came to me in my last novel.…moreFor a new novel, I'm working on channeling and shaping a voice from the past that's not the same voice from the past that came to me in my last novel. It's a challenge. Luckily, the story's set in a different era, and this is a different character altogether, with a different temperament, vocabulary, and origin, and so the possibilties for a distinctive narrative vernacular are rich, and, as always with a new project, a little scary. But if it weren't a little scary, I wouldn't be interested in keeping at it. (less)

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Hi Kate, We have a book group that has been going strong for 20+ years. I am so fortunate as I will be leading the book discussion on your book My Notorious Life next week. Do you see Axie as a hero? The risks she took...despite the looming consequences. Appreciate your input-I am guessing we are going to have a lively discussion next week :)

Kate Manning Hi Lynne, I'm so honored you've decided to read the novel in your book group, and I love your question. I do see Axie as a hero--one who, like many pe…moreHi Lynne, I'm so honored you've decided to read the novel in your book group, and I love your question. I do see Axie as a hero--one who, like many people who do brave things, is accidentally drawn into taking risks because she is motivated by compassion, a sense of duty based on her own lived experience. She understands 'the complexities' of women's lives. And, too, she has always been outside of 'proper' society, and as a kind of outlaw, sides with the powerless, even as her activity earns her infamy, as well as money--for which she does not apologize. Just as we are stunned today to see our rights being eroded, Axie never quite believed that the law would catch up with her, or that the consequences would be so severe. I do hope we are not in for another era like the Victorian 19th century. Hope you have a lively conversation. Cheers!(less)

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	My Notorious Life 4.05 avg rating — 14,935 ratings — published 2013 — 29 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
	Gilded Mountain 3.86 avg rating — 4,248 ratings — published 2022 — 8 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
	Whitegirl 3.72 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2002 — 7 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
	Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology by Julie E. Bloemeke (Editor), Dustin Brookshire (Goodreads Author) (Editor), L.J. Sysko (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.43 avg rating — 35 ratings — 3 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
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	Archives and Archivists by Ailsa C. Holland (Editor), Kate Manning (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	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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Kate Manning answered Elaine Proulx's question: Hi Kate, I’m hosting book club this week to discuss My Notorious Life. What lunch menu suits your book? P.S. thought of Irish Stew cooked in GUINESS but the weather will be hot and sunny in Calgary Alberta. Love to hear your suggestion!!!!! The girls will be impressed. Elaine! It's an honor to hear that you and your book group are reading My Notorious Life! It's does seem to provoke lively discussions. But how cool and creative of you that you are making a special menu. Off the top my head, you could make Boxty in See Full Answer
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“Because I couldn't trust anything, especially not myself. How could I be lying there next to him with these snakes of doubt worming around in my heart? It was not honest.”
― Kate Manning, Whitegirl

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“—Shush sweet baby, I said, so tired, and mixed her gripe water with whiskey and dill weed, but it did no good, so I seen now why lullabies was all about cradles falling from trees, oh dear, when the wind blows, down will come baby, whoops too bad, but at least it’s quiet.”
― Kate Manning, My Notorious Life

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“Even now I cling to the idea that amour fou, curdled as it was, still had me in its grip. I want to believe this. If you do not act out of some form of love, then who are you in the world?”
― Kate Manning, Gilded Mountain

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