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Gill Hornby

Gill Hornby Biography

Gill Hornby is the author of the novels Miss Austen, The Hive, All Together Now and Godmersham Park, as well as The Story of Jane Austen, a biography of Austen for young readers. She lives in Kintbury, England, with her husband and their four children.



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    He graduated from Clare College, Cambridge, and studied at Yale University as a Mellon Fellow, where he completed Notes for a New Culture: ... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    Miss Austen

    Try:
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    by Peter Ackroyd

  • Jo Baker

    Jo Baker

    Jo Baker was born in Lancashire and educated in Oxford and Belfast. The Undertow is her first publication in the United States. She is the author of three previous novels published in the United Kingdom: Offcomer, The Mermaid... (more)

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    Miss Austen

    Try:
    Longbourn
    by Jo Baker

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