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 | Meljean Brook, Alyssa Day, Marjorie M. Liu, Maggie Shayne |
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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 world—written 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 romance—duels, 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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