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New York Times, USA Today, and Globe and Mail bestselling author Susanna Kearsley is a former museum curator who loves restoring the lost voices of real people to the page, interweaving romance and historical intrigue with modern adventure.

Her books, published in translation in more than 20 countries, have won the Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize, RT Reviewers’ Choice Awards, a RITA Award, and National Readers’ Choice Awards, and have finaled for the UK’s Romantic Novel of the Year and the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel.

She lives near Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

(Aka Emma Cole, a pseudonym she used for one novel, Every Secret Thing, a thriller which at the time was intended to be the first of a trilogy featuring he ...more

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Bellewether Tour Dates for USA

Hi everybody!

Just a reminder of where I'll be stopping next week on my tour to celebrate the American publication of BELLEWETHER...

Sunday, August 5 @ 2pm:
Central Rappahannock Regional Library
1201 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401

Monday, August 6 @ 6:30pm:
High Point Museum
1859 East Lexington Ave., High Point, NC 27262

Tuesday, August 7 @ 6pm:
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	The Winter Sea (Slains, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 69,769 ratings — published 2008 — 74 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
	The Rose Garden 4.03 avg rating — 33,653 ratings — published 2011 — 9 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
	The Firebird (Slains, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 30,563 ratings — published 2013 — 36 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
	Mariana 4.08 avg rating — 26,357 ratings — published 1994 — 60 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
	The Shadowy Horses 3.97 avg rating — 22,556 ratings — published 1997 — 20 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
	A Desperate Fortune (Mary & Hugh, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 18,603 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Bellewether 3.97 avg rating — 14,584 ratings — published 2018 — 6 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
	The Splendour Falls 3.75 avg rating — 11,213 ratings — published 1995 — 6 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
	Named of the Dragon 3.83 avg rating — 9,603 ratings — published 1998 — 36 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
	Season of Storms 3.72 avg rating — 9,144 ratings — published 2001 — 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

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“The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.”
― Susanna Kearsley, Mariana

tags: change, life, past

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“But life, if nothing else, had taught her promises weren't always to be counted on, and what appeared at first a shining chance might end in bitter disappointment.”
― Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

tags: life-lessons

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“Whatever time we have," he said, "it will be time enough.”
― Susanna Kearsley, The Rose Garden

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What would you like to read for June's group read? The theme is royalty.

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

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The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley

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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) by George R.R. Martin

A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

14 votes 10.9%

Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) by Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

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The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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The Memoirs Of Cleopatra by Margaret George

9 votes 7.0%

Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir

9 votes 7.0%

Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith

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The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

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The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1) by Sandra Gulland

The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland

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Feb 18, 2021 09:57AM

After reading every one of your books and loving them. I want more.
I keep certain books that I love and I have two of yours. Are you writing one now? If so when will it be for sale?

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When will your next book come out and what will it be about?

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May 13, 2013 04:01PM

Thank you Susanna for accepting my friend request. I just finished reading The Rose Garden, I absolutely loved it! So much in fact that I polished it off in 4 days.

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Thank you Susanna for accepting my friend request. I am currently reading Season Of Storms, which I am thoroughly enjoying! I'm looking forward to reading all of your novels.

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