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Jennifer Miller

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Jennifer Miller is author of The Year of the Gadfly
(Harcourt, 2012) and Inheriting The Holy Land (Ballantine, 2005). Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Marie Claire, Men's Health, Smithsonian.com, Salon.com, Guernica.com, the Columbia Journalism Review, The Millions and the Daily Beast.

Jen holds an MFA in fiction-writing and a MS in journalism from Columbia. She is a native of Washington, DC and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, with all the other writers.
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The Year of the Gadfly Reviews

"Engrossing." —O The Oprah Magazine

"Entirely Addictive." —Glamour

"Smart and charming." —Elizabeth Egan, Self Magazine

"A smoldering mystery...A gripping thrill ride that's also a thoughtful coming-of-age story." —Kirkus

"In her first novel, Miller uses alternate viewpoints and time periods as she suspensefully fills in the gaps regarding various mysteries that have dogged the school over the years Read more of this blog post »
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Published on April 26, 2012 13:09 Tags: jennifer-miller, reviews, the-year-of-the-gadfly
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“The moment you killed something – a living creature or a false hope – was the moment you came of age. Loss of innocence wasn’t a passive experience that happened to you. It was something you gave up.”
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message 1: by Erica

Erica Peplin Thank you for the message Jennifer. Might I wish you a hearty, if electronic, congratulations to you. Gadfly been added to my "to-read" list. Amber Dermont teaches at my alma mater. I hope you can meet her if you ever get the chance.


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