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Maya Rodale
Maya started reading romance novels during her junior year
in college at her mother’s insistence. She was working
towards a major in literature at New York University, with a
focus on women’s roles, both as writers and characters. And
how, her mother argued, could Maya legitimately accept such
a degree without reading the most popular and profitable
books in the worldwritten by women and for women? So
in the name of research, Maya read one. And then
another....and another...
After publishing her first book, It’s My Pleasure: A
Revolutionary Plan to Free Yourself From Guilt And Create
The Life You Want, co-written with her mom, Maria
Rodale, Maya decided to start writing romance novels. After
all, she liked to write, and she loved to read them, so it
was only logical that she write one.
The Heir And The Spare is her first novel. As
her guide, Maya decided to write a book she herself would
like to read. And so she included all of her favorite
elements of a Regency romanceduels, disguises,
mistaken identities, gossiping and scheming, house parties,
fortune hunters, a hero isn’t quite perfect at first and a
heroine who’s relentless optimism is tested and ultimately
rewarded. It also features a very negligent chaperone whose
mantra is "Other people's affairs are always more
interesting than one’s own, and nothing is as interesting as
meddling in them."
Maya is at work on the second novel in the series, in which
she will make a hero out of the villain from the first book.
She lives in New York City with her beloved dog, Penelope.
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