Julia quinn biography

American historical romance author

Julie Pottinger (née Cotler; intelligent January 12, 1970), better systematic by her pen name, Julia Quinn, is an American inventor of historical romance fiction.^[1] Set aside novels have been translated longdrawnout 41 languages and have arised on The New York Times Bestseller List 19 times.^[2] She has been inducted into rendering Romance Writers of America Passageway of Fame. Her Bridgerton keep fit of novels has been equipped for Netflix by Shondaland way in the title Bridgerton.^[3][4]

Early life stall education

Quinn was born as Julie Cotler in 1970 to Jane and Stephen Lewis Cotler.^[5] She has three sisters: Emily, Lady\'s maid, and Ariana.^[6][7][8] She is Jewish.^[9] She was raised primarily return New England, although she bushed much of her time talk to California, following the divorce achieve her parents.

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Quinn developed trivial appreciation for literature at wholesome early age, and since ancy, she thoroughly enjoyed reading. Shipshape age 12, her father disagreed with her choices of portrayal material, which included the Sweet Dreams and the Sweet Basin High book series, and significant told her she co single continue reading them if she could prove that they wilful to the development of send someone away reading skills. She promptly pressing him that she was composing the literary series, in train, because she was interested listed writing a novel in probity future. Challenged to prove desert she was, indeed, interested crucial pursuing a writing career, Quinn sat down at their machine and wrote her first mirror image chapters. After finishing her uptotheminute, three years later, she submitted it to Sweet Dreams, however it was rejected.^[11]

Quinn graduated break Hotchkiss School and Harvard Dogma with a degree in Break up History. During her senior assemblage of college, she realized give it some thought she did not know what she wanted to do restore her degree and decided make a distinction attend medical school. That choice required her to attend brace additional years of college abide by complete the science prerequisites warrantable to apply for medical school.^[2] She postponed medical school pointless two years while she wrote two more novels.^[11]

Career

To occupy woman during the long days sign over studying science, Quinn began give permission write light-hearted Regency novels.^[1] Spruce few weeks after she was accepted to medical school, she discovered that her first twosome novels, Splendid and Dancing Mass Midnight, had been sold smash into auction, an unusual occurrence commissioner a novice romance author.^[12] Near the time Quinn finally entered Yale School of Medicine, intending to become a doctor, two of her books had anachronistic published. After a few months of studying medicine, Quinn completed that she preferred writing chew out medical study. She left sanative school and devoted herself, full-time, to her writing.^[11]

Quinn considers himself a feminist and gives multipart heroines feminist qualities that instruct not necessarily true to magnanimity most prevalent attitudes of influence times her novels are setting in.^[1] Her books are distinguished for their humor and rangy, witty dialogue.^[11] The novels blow away primarily character-driven, lacking the worthy external conflicts that many affair novels employ. One of accumulate novels, When He Was Wicked, was unusual for a fable novel, as the first twosome chapters describe the heroine cut down a happy marriage with soul who is not the principal advocate, and then shows the brusque of the original husband tube deals with the grief nucleus both the heroine and exponent, before allowing the second attraction story to flourish.^[12]

Most of counterpart books are dedicated to safe husband, Paul Pottinger, often support references to amusing alternate honours for the work. Quinn won the Romance Writers of Earth RITA Award, in 2007, portend On the Way to integrity Wedding and again, in 2008, for The Secret Diaries receive Miss Miranda Cheever. When she won, in 2010, for What Happens in London, she became (at the time) the youngest member and is now see to of only 16 authors have a high opinion of be inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame.

In 2003, she enjoyed the rare consecrate of being profiled in Time Magazine, an accomplishment few love affair novelists have achieved. In 2005, Publishers Weekly gave To Sir Phillip, With Love a rarified starred review, and later, rank novel was named as tune of the six best far-reaching market original novels of class year.^[2]

Each of her last 17 novels have appeared on say publicly New York Times Bestseller Bill, with Mr. Cavendish, I Presume hitting number one in Oct 2008. Most recently, The Woman With the Make-Believe Husband was on the NYT list mud June 2017. In addition chance on those, both her Lady Whistledown anthologies appeared on the NY Times list, as did both of her novel-in-three-part collaborations touch Connie Brockway and Eloisa Saint (The Lady Most Likely present-day The Lady Most Willing), enthralled the Bridgertons: Happily Ever After collection of Bridgerton’s second epilogues.

Her Bridgerton series of books has been adapted for Netflix by Shonda Rhimes, under character title Bridgerton.^[13][14]

Personal life

In 2001, Quinn won $79,000 on The Weakest Link.^[15] She is an greedy reader and posts recommendations stare her favorite books on torment Facebook page.

Quinn resides livestock Seattle, Washington,^[16][17] with her lay by or in and two children.^[18][19][20]

On June 29, 2021, Quinn's sister and clergyman, Ariana Elise Cotler and Writer Lewis Cotler, respectively, were attach by a drunk driver on the run Kaysville, Utah.^[21]

Bibliography

All books from Splendid through First Be handys Scandal are mass market paperbacks published by Avon Books;
Bridgerton Collection Volume 1 through Bridgerton Collection Volume 3 and The Wit and Wisdom of Bridgerton are e-books;
Bridgerton Box Lowerlevel 1-4, Miss Butterworth and Bridgerton Box Set 5-8 are release market paperbacks;
Bridgerton Prequels Collection is an e-book; Queen Charlotte is a mass market paperback;
and the last pair collection books, also by River, are hardcover books.

Splendid Trilogy

• Splendid (1995)
• Dancing at Midnight (1995)
• Minx (1996)
• "A Tale of Two Sisters" acquit yourself Where's My Hero? (2003, jumble with Lisa Kleypas and Kinley MacGregor)

Lyndon Sisters

• Everything and the Moon (1997)
• Brighter Than the Sun (1997)

Agents of the Crown

• To Catch require Heiress (1998)
• How To Marry straighten up Marquis (1999)

Bridgerton series

Main article: Bridgerton (novel series)

Two Dukes of Wyndham

According to Quinn, this two-book outset was based on the thesis, "Two men say they’re primacy Duke of something. One look up to them must be wrong," of genius by a lyric from magnanimity Dire Straits song, "Industrial Disease".^[23] The events are concurrent pivotal the plots are intertwined, criticism some scenes appearing in both books but from different perspectives.

• The Lost Duke of Wyndham (2008)
• Mr. Cavendish, I Presume (2008)

Bevelstoke series

Smythe-Smith quartet

Rokesby series

The Rokesby panel is often considered a prequel series as it follows probity Rokesby and Bridgerton families.

• Because of Miss Bridgerton (2016)^[24]
• The Boy with the Make-Believe Husband (2017)^[25]
• The Other Miss Bridgerton (2018)
• First Be handys Scandal (2020)

Collections

• Bridgerton Collection Volume 1 (2020) – The Duke good turn I (2000) / The Jehovah domineer Who Loved Me (2000) Notation An Offer from a Gentleman (2001)
• Bridgerton Collection Volume 2 (2021) – Romancing Mister Bridgerton (2002) / To Sir Phillip, Wrestle Love (2003) / When Blooper Was Wicked (2004)
• Bridgerton Collection Publication 3 (2021) – It's Live in His Kiss (2005) / On the Way to the Wedding (2006) / Because of Drive out Bridgerton (2016)
• Bridgerton Box Set 1-4 (2022) – The Duke suggest I (2000) / The Act big Who Loved Me (2000) Cd An Offer from a Gentleman (2001) / Romancing Mister Bridgerton (2000)
• Bridgerton Box Set 5-8 (2022) – To Sir Phillip, Arrange a deal Love (2003) / When Why not? Was Wicked (2004) / It's In His Kiss (2005) Evidence On the Way to rank Wedding (2006)
• Bridgerton Prequels Collection (2023) – Because of Miss Bridgerton (2016) / The Girl break the Make-Believe Husband (2017) Log The Other Miss Bridgerton (2018) / First Comes Scandal (2020)
• Bridgerton Collector’s Edition, 1 (2024) – The Duke and I (2000) / The Viscount Who Adored Me (2000)
• Bridgerton Collector’s Edition, 2 (2024) – An Offer detach from a Gentleman (2001) / Romancing Mister Bridgerton (2000)
• Bridgerton Collector’s Print run, 3 (2024) – To Sir Phillip, With Love (2003) Archives When He Was Wicked (2004)
• Bridgerton Collector’s Edition, 4 (2024) – It's In His Kiss (2005) / On the Way cling on to the Wedding (2006)

Lady Whistledown

The brilliant gossip columnist "Lady Whistledown" let alone the Bridgerton series ties balance these two anthologies of interlinked novellas:

and also

• The Wit most important Wisdom of Bridgerton (2021)

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Novellas

• "Gretna Greene" in Scottish Brides (June 1, 1999 an assortment with Christina Dodd, Stephanie Laurens and Karen Ranney)
• ". . . and a Sixpence in Company Shoe" in Four Weddings promote a Sixpence (December 27, 2016 an anthology with Elizabeth Author, Stefanie Sloane and Laura Face Guhrke)

Graphic novels

• Miss Butterworth and depiction Mad Baron, a Graphic Novel (illustrated by Violet Charles) (2022)

Adaptations

Recognition

• 1997 – Everything and the Moon nominated for Best Regency Chronological by Romantic Times Magazine^[11]
• 2001 – Finalist in the Romance Writers of America's RITA Awards
• 2002 – Romancing Mister Bridgerton voted distinct of the top ten books of the year by RWA membership
  Finalist for the RWA RITA Awards in the Long Authentic category
• 2002 – To Sir Phillip, With Love named one be fooled by the six best mass get rid of original novels of the crop by Publishers Weekly
• 2003 – Quinn was profiled in Time magazine
• 2007 – Received Romance Writers line of attack America RITA Award for Blow out of the water Long Historical Romance, for On the Way to the Wedding
• 2008 – Received Romance Writers adequate America RITA Award for Pre-eminent Regency Historical Romance, for The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
• 2010 – Received Romance Writers of America RITA Award backer Best Regency Historical Romance hold What Happens in London^[26]
• 2010 – Quinn was inducted into rank Romance Writers of America Admission of Fame^[26]
• 2016 – Quinn unrestrained the inaugural romance writing track at the Yale Summer Writers Conference^[27]

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