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Meredith Allard

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in Nyack, NY, The United States
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Charles Dickens. Toni Morrison, Walt Whitman

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Meredith Allard is an award-winning author known for the bestselling Loving Husband Trilogy and the Victorian novel When It Rained at Hembry Castle, which IndieReader named a Best Historical Novel. Her prequel, Down Salem Way, earned the B.R.A.G. Medallion and was a semi-finalist for the Chaucer Award in Early Historical Fiction.

A recognized authority on the craft, Meredith is the author of Painting the Past: A Guide for Writing Historical Fiction, a #1 Amazon New Release in Authorship and Creativity Self-Help. For over twenty years, she has mentored writers of all ages, helping them find their voices while honing her own signature blend of meticulous research and haunting prose.

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“When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. ~Cherokee Proverb”
Meredith Allard, The Loving Husband Trilogy: The Complete Box Set

“We think we know it all, but we never do, no matter how long we live.”
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“We are more alike than we are different. We have the same joys, the same fears, the same pain. That’s all we need to know to get along.”
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Meredith Allard Sophia wrote: "Hi Meredith!

I just had to tell you how much I really enjoyed Her Dear and Loving Husband. I put up reviews, but I forgot to mention in my review that I was ecstatic when I saw my favorite Jane A..."


Thank you Sophia! I'm so glad you liked it! Persuasion is wonderful, isn't it? It's always in the shadows of Pride and Prejudice, but in a lot of ways I think Persuasion is so much more romantic. Thank you for your kind words. You made my day!


Sophia Hi Meredith!

I just had to tell you how much I really enjoyed Her Dear and Loving Husband. I put up reviews, but I forgot to mention in my review that I was ecstatic when I saw my favorite Jane Austen Persuasion make an appearance. Oh Yes! Loved it!


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