Julia Quinn

Julia Quinn

Julia Quinn is a pseudonym of the author Julie Pottinger (* 1970 in the USA as Julie Cotler ). She writes historical romance novels set in Great Britain during the Regency period in the early 19th century .

Her books appear in many countries in English and in Germany , Russia , Taiwan , Poland , Norway , Italy and Korea in the respective national language.

She chose her pseudonym so that her novels would appear on bookstore shelves alongside the Regency romance novels by successful author Amanda Quick .

Life

Julia Quinn grew up mainly in New England , but also spent time in California after her parents divorced . From childhood she was an avid reader and devoured " The Chronicles of Narnia " by Lewis , among others . As she got older, to the chagrin of her father, she began reading love stories for teenagers. In order to be able to continue reading these, she told him that it was research because she wanted to write such stories herself. As a result, she wrote the first two chapters of a novel in one evening, which she completed and sent in three years later. However, it was rejected by the editors of the Sweet Dreams series (love stories for teenagers).

In her senior year at Harvard University , Quinn found she didn't know what to do with her bachelor's degree in art history . Eventually she decided to become a doctor. But in order to be accepted at a "Medical School", she had to take additional courses. During this time she began writing Regency romance novels. When she finally had to choose between studying at Yale University or Columbia University , her first two novels, Splendid and Dancing At Midnight, had become the subject of a dispute between two publishing houses. As a result, Quinn received more money for her novels than is usually the case for first-time works and she decided to postpone her studies in order to be able to continue writing. After three published novels and three more that were soon to appear, Julia Quinn began her medical studies at Yale, which she gave up after a few months to devote herself entirely to writing.

She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband .

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Quinn's novels quickly won many fans because of their light humor and witty dialogues. The plot is carried less by external events than by the main characters. The fact that Quinn's heroines are more modern and feminist than one would expect from women from the Regency era gives their stories liveliness and makes it easier to identify with the characters.

Some book titles are based on movie titles. The title "How to Marry a Marquis" is based on an idea by Regency author Candice Hern , who was inspired by the film " How to Marry a Millionaire ". Since she couldn't use it herself, she allowed Quinn to exploit her idea. Their publisher was enthusiastic and so their next novel was renamed from "Starry Night" to "To Catch an Heiress". So the title is based on " To Catch a Thief ". Also the titles "The Duke and I" (" The king and I ") and "The Viscount Who Loved Me" (" The Spy who loved me ") show that they are related to the corresponding film titles.

bibliography

Blydon series

• Splendid , 1995
• Dancing At Midnight , 1995
• Minx , 1996
• A Tale of Two Sisters in Where's My Hero? , 2004 (anthology with Lisa Kleypas and Kinley MacGregor )

Lyndon series

• Everything And The Moon , 1997
• Brighter Than The Sun , 1997

To Catch An Heiress series

• To Catch An Heiress , 1998
• How To Marry A Marquis , 1999

Bridgerton family

• How do you conquer a duke? ( The Duke and I ) (Daphne Bridgerton) , 2000
• How do you charm a Viscount? ( The Viscount Who Loved Me ) (Anthony Bridgerton) , 2000
• How do you seduce a lord? ( An Offer From A Gentleman ) (Benedict Bridgerton) , 2001
• Who is Lady Whistledown? / Penelope's Spicy Secret ( Romancing Mr. Bridgerton ) (Colin Bridgerton) , 2002
• In Liebe, Ihr Eloise ( To Sir Phillip, With Love ) (Eloise Bridgerton) , 2003
• A Ravishingly Wicked Gentleman ( When He Was Wicked ) (Francesca Bridgerton) , 2004
• Midnight Diamonds ( It's In His Kiss ) (Hyacinth Bridgerton) , 2005
• Wedding bells for Lady Lucy ( On the Way to the Wedding ) (Gregory Bridgerton) , 2006

The Two Dukes of Wyndham

• The Lost Duke of Wyndham , 2008 (Kissed by a Duke)
• Mr. Cavendish, I Presume , 2008 (Seduced by a Lady)

Bevelstoke Collection

• The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever , 2007 (The Secret Diary of Miss Miranda Cheever )
• What happens in London , 2009 (window to the heart)
• Ten Things I Love about You , 2010 (Rendezvous in Hyde Park)

Lady Whistledown

In these two anthologies, the witty columnist Lady Whistledown links the individual stories from the novels about the Bridgerton family.

• Thirty-Six Valentines in The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown (with Suzanne Enoch , Karen Hawkins, and Mia Ryan ), 2003
• The First Kiss in Lady Whistledown Strikes Back (with Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins and Mia Ryan), 2004

Smythe-Smith Quartet

About the unmusical-musical quartet.

• Just Like Heaven , 2011 (With cunning and kisses, 2012) (Honoria Smythe-Smith)
• A Night like This , 2012 (An Earl with Courage and Passion, 2013) (Daniel Smythe-Smith)
• The Sum of All Kisses , 2013 (Sarah Pleinsworth)

Other anthologies

• Gretna Greene in Scottish Brides (with Christina Dodd , Stephanie Laurens and Karen Ranney ), 1999

Other

• The Lady Most Likely , 2010 A novel in three parts. (with Eloisa James and Connie Brockway )

Nominations and Awards

• 1997 - Romantic Times Magazine nominated Everything and the Moon for Best Regency Historical Novel.
• 2001 - Both The Duke and I and The Viscount Who Loves Me are finalists in the Romance Writers of America RITA Awards.
• 2003 - Romancing Mister Bridgerton is chosen by RWA members as one of the ten best books of the year and is in the final for the RWA RITA Award in the "Long Historical" category.
• 2003 - To Sir Phillip, With Love is named one of the six best novels by Publishers Weekly.
• 2004 - 36 Valentines is in the finals for the RITA Award for the best romantic short story.
• 2005 - The First Kiss is in the finals for the RITA Award for the best romantic short story.
• 2007 - On the Way to the Wedding the RITA Award for the best historical romance novel is presented.
• 2008 - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever receives the RITA Award for the best historical Regency love story.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Interview by Pia Lammerhirt and Isolde Wehr for “Die romantische Bücherecke”, February 2001: Interview with Julia Quinn ( memento of the original from October 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Article from Time Magazine , February 3, 2003: Rewriting the Romance ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Interview by Claire E. White, November 1998: A Conversation with Julia Quinn
4. ↑ Biography on Quinn's homepage: About Julia Quinn ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Homepage from HarperCollins Publishing House: Julia Quinn: Awards & Honors

Web links

• Official homepage of Julia Quinn
• Julia Quinn: Why is romance writing the best job in the world? (engl.)
• Forum of the authors Julia Quinn and Eloisa James (engl.)