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Seth Margolis

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Boston, The United States

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Fiction, Suspense, Mystery

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Seth is a writer whose most recent novel, THE SEMPER SONNET, will be published on April 19. He is the author of six earlier novels, including LOSING ISAIAH, which was made into a film starring Halle Berry and Jessica Lange.

Seth lives with his wife, Carole, in New York City. They have two grown children, Maggie and Jack. Seth received a BA in English from the University of Rochester and an MBA in marketing from New York University’s Stern School of Business Administration. When not writing fiction, he is a branding consultant for a wide range of companies, primarily in the financial services, technology and pharmaceutical industries. He has written articles for the New York Times and other publications on travel and entertainment.

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Average rating: 3.71 · 604 ratings · 86 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Losing Isaiah 3.94 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 1993 — 25 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 Semper Sonnet 3.81 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2016 — 5 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
	Closing Costs 3.22 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2006 — 13 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
	Perfect Angel 3.44 avg rating — 79 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
	Presidents' Day 3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings — 2 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
	False Faces 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1991 — 5 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
	Vanishing Act 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1993 — 5 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
	Disillusions 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Cup of Elijah it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002 — 4 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
	Ein mörderisches Spiel. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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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Seth Margolis finished reading Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1) by Donna Leon	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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What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like for the group to read as our July 2016 Group Read?

Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen by Alison Weir

24 votes, 41.4%

The Girl in the Glass Tower by Elizabeth Fremantle

8 votes, 13.8%

Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard

7 votes, 12.1%

The Concubine by Norah Lofts

6 votes, 10.3%

Martyr by Rory Clements

4 votes, 6.9%

The Semper Sonnet by Seth Margolis

4 votes, 6.9%

The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1577-1580 by R. Samuel Bawlf

2 votes, 3.4%

Je Anne Boleyn: Struck with the Dart of Love by Sandra Vasoli

1 vote, 1.7%

John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey's Father-in-Law by Christine Hartweg

1 vote, 1.7%

The Witchfinder's Well by Jonathan Posner

1 vote, 1.7%

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