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Jeanne Mackin

Jeanne Mackin

Jeanne Mackin Biography

Jeanne Mackin is the author of several historical novels, including Picasso's Lovers, The Last Collection, which has been translated into five languages, and The Beautiful American, which won a CNY award for fiction. She has taught in the MFA Creative Writing program at Goddard College and won journalism awards. She lives in the Finger Lakes area of New York State.

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    If you enjoyed:
    The Last Collection

    Try:
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    by Abigail DeWitt

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    Elizabeth Gilbert was born in 1969 in Connecticut.  She grew up on a small family tree farm, with her sister, novelist and historian Catharine Gilbert Murdock (author of Dairy Queen, the first in a series for teens).... (more)

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    by Elizabeth Gilbert

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