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Meg Bortin is an American writer based in France. Her new novel, The Rites of Man, will be published in December 2025 by Ten 16 Press. Previous literary works include Desperate to Be a Housewife (2013), a memoir about her life as a young reporter on the front lines of sexual freedom, and Dear Djeneba, a personal essay in the Granta anthology Family Wanted: Stories of Adoption (Granta Books, 2005; Random House, 2006).

As a journalist, Meg Bortin covered the Gorbachev era in Moscow and reported from Paris, London and Manila. She was the founding editor of The Moscow Times, the first independent English-language daily in Russia. Her articles on politics, culture and lifestyle have appeared in The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune ...more

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	Desperate to Be a Housewife 4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2013 — 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
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Meg Bortin and 4 other people liked Jennifer Coburn's review of The Almost Wife: "A Note From the Author: I am so excited to share The Almost Wife with you! The novel is loosely based on the experiences of my mother, Carol Krickett Coburn, who was a popular "beard" for gay men who needed to pass as straight in New York City in the 1" Read more of this review »
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Penny Allen’s “This Rescue Thing” is a deep dive into a world few of us can imagine – the world the narrator enters when she agrees to go rescue a friend from Portland, Oregon, who’s in trouble in Thailand. Forget lush beachside resorts and mai tais. ...more
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