Julia Quinn is the pseudonym used by Julie Pottinger (born Julie Cotler in 1970) , a best-selling American author, who says she chose her pseu donym so her Regency romances would be on bookshelves next to those of the succe ssful romance writer Amanda Quick.[1] Her novels have been translated into 26 fo reign languages,[2] and she has appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List 1 8 times.[3] Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Recognition 3 Bibliography 3.1 The Splendid Trilogy 3.2 The Lyndon Sisters 3.3 Agents of the Crown 3.4 The Bridgertons 3.5 The Two Dukes of Wyndham 3.6 The Bevelstoke Series 3.7 The Smythe-Smith Quartet 3.8 Lady Whistledown 3.9 Others 4 References 5 External links Biography[edit] Julie Pottinger was raised primarily in New England, although she spent much of her time in California after her parents divorced.[2] Even as a small child she devoured books. Her father disagreed with her choices of reading material, Sweet Dreams and the Sweet Valley High books, and told her she could keep reading the m only if she could prove that they were good for her. She promptly told him tha t she was studying them in order to write one herself. Challenged to prove that she meant her statement, Pottinger sat down at their early computer and wrote he r first two chapters. After finishing her novel three years later, she submitted it to Sweet Dreams, but was rejected.[4] Pottinger graduated from Harvard with a degree in Art History. During her senior year of college, she realized that she did not know what she wanted to do with her degree and decided to attend medical school. That decision required her to a ttend two additional years of college to complete the science prerequisites nece ssary to apply for medical school.[3] To occupy herself during the long days of studying science, Pottinger began to w rite light-hearted Regency romance novels.[1] A few weeks after she was accepted to medical school, she discovered that her first two novels, Splendid and Danci ng At Midnight, had been sold at auction, an unusual occurrence for a novice rom ance author.[5] She postponed medical school for two years while she wrote two m ore novels.[4] By the time Pottinger finally entered Yale School of Medicine to realize her dre am of being a doctor, three of her books had been published. After only a few sh ort months of studying medicine, however, Pottinger realized that she preferred writing to dissections. She left medical school and devoted herself full-time to her writing.[4] Pottinger considers herself a feminist and gives her heroines feminist qualities that are not necessarily true to the attitudes of the times her novels are set. [1] Her books are noted for being full of humor, with sharp, witty dialogue.[4] The novels are primarily character-driven, lacking the great external conflicts that many romance novels employ. One of her novels, When He was Wicked, was high ly unusual for a , as the first four chapters actually describe the heroine in a happy marriage with someone who is not the hero, and then shows th e death of the original husband and deals with the grief of both the heroine and hero before allowing the second love story to flourish.[5] Most of her books are dedicated to her husband, Paul Pottinger, often with refer ences to amusing alternate titles for the work. She won the Romance Writers of A merica RITA Award for 2007 for On the Way to the Wedding and again for 2008 for The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever. When she won for 2010 for What Happe ns in London, she became the youngest member and one of only 15 authors to be in ducted into the RWA Hall of Fame. In 2003, she enjoyed the rare honor of being p rofiled in Time Magazine, an accomplishment few romance novelists have achieved. In 2005 Publishers Weekly gave To Sir Phillip, With Love a rare starred review, and later named it one of the six best mass market original novels of the year. [3] Each of her last 13 novels has appeared on the New York Times Bestseller Lis t, with Mr. Cavendish, I Presume hitting number one in October 2008. Most recent ly, A Night Like This was on the NYT list in June 2012. Additionally to those, b oth her Lady Whistledown anthologies appeared on the NY Times list, as did both of her novel-in-three-part collaborations with and (The Lady Most Likely and The Lady Most Willing), and the Bridgertons: Happily E ver After collection of Bridgertons second epilogues.[3] In 2001, Pottinger won $79,000 on The Weakest Link.[6] She is an avid reader, po sting recommendations of her favorite books on her Facebook page. Pottinger and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest area of the United State s. Recognition[edit] 1997- Everything and the Moon nominated for Best Regency Historical by Romantic Times Magazine[4] 2001 - Finalist in the Romance Writers of America's RITA Awards 2002 - Romancing Mister Bridgerton voted one of the top ten books of the year by RWA membership Finalist for the RWA RITA Awards in the Long Historical category 2002 - To Sir Phillip, With Love named one of the six best mass market original novels of the year by Publishers Weekly 2003 - Quinn was profiled in Time Magazine. 2007 - Received Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Long Historical R omance, for On the Way to the Wedding 2008 - Received Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Regency Historica l Romance, for The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever 2010 - Received Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Regency Historica l Romance for What Happens in London[7] 2010 - Quinn was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame.[7] Bibliography[edit] The Splendid Trilogy[edit] Splendid (1995) Dancing At Midnight (1995) Minx (1996) "A Tale of Two Sisters" in Where's My Hero? (2003, anthology with a nd Kinley MacGregor) The Lyndon Sisters[edit] Everything And The Moon (1997) Brighter Than The Sun (1997) Agents of the Crown[edit] To Catch An Heiress (1998) How To Marry A Marquis (1999) The Bridgertons[edit] The Duke and I (2000) The Viscount Who Loved Me (2000) An Offer From A Gentleman (2001) Romancing Mister Bridgerton (2002) To Sir Phillip, With Love (2003) When He Was Wicked (2004) It's In His Kiss (2005) On the Way To the Wedding (2006) The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After (2013) The Bridgerton family consists of eight siblings and their widowed mother. In th e novels, the Bridgertons are well respected and favored among British society. The Bridgertons are an extremely loving and tight-knit clan. The series comprise s eight books in which each of the siblings finds true love. Each book is set ag ainst the backdrop of upper English society during the period of Regency England . On the Way to the Wedding, won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award in 2007 . In 2002, To Sir Phillip, With Love was named one of the six best mass market o riginal novels of the year by Publishers Weekly. Several books on the series hav e been on the New York Times bestseller list. Quinn has published six "2nd epilogues," one each for The Viscount Who Loved Me, An Offer From A Gentleman, Romancing Mister Bridgerton, To Sir Phillip, With Lo ve, When He Was Wicked, and It's In His Kiss, as ebooks. The final collection of eight second epilogues (those six, plus second epilogues from The Duke and I an d On the Way to the Wedding)plus a short story about Violet, the Bridgerton matri archreleased on April 2, 2013.[8] The Two Dukes of Wyndham[edit] The Lost Duke of Wyndham (2008) Mr. Cavendish, I Presume (2008) According to Quinn, this two-book set was based on the premise "two men say theyr e the Duke of Something. One of them must be wrong," inspired by a Dire Straits song[9] Events are concurrent and the plots are intertwined, with some scenes ap pearing in both books, but from different perspectives. The Bevelstoke Series[edit] The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever (2007) What Happens in London (2009) Ten Things I Love About You (2010) The Smythe-Smith Quartet[edit] Just Like Heaven (2011) A Night Like This (2012) The Sum of All Kisses (2013) The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy (2015) Lady Whistledown[edit] The witty gossip columnist "Lady Whistledown" from the Bridgerton series ties to gether these two anthologies of interlinked novellas: "Thirty-Six Valentines" in The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown (2003, a nthology with Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins and Mia Ryan) "The First Kiss" in Lady Whistledown Strikes Back (2004, anthology with Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins and Mia Ryan) Others[edit] "Gretna Greene" in Scottish Brides (1999, anthology with Christina Dodd, Stephan ie Laurens and Karen Ranney) The Lady Most Likely... (December 28, 2010 a novel in three parts with Connie Br ockway and Eloisa James) The Lady Most Willing... (December 26, 2012 a novel in three parts with Connie B rockway and Eloisa James) References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c Grossman, Lev (February 3, 2003). "Rewriting the Romance" (P DF). Time. Retrieved 2007-04-03. ^ Jump up to: a b Lammerhirt, Pia; Wehr, Isolde (February 2001). "Interview With Julia Quinn". Die Romantische Buecherecke. Archived from the original on 2007-0 9-28. Retrieved 2007-04-03. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "About Julia". Julia Quinn Official Website. Retrieved 201 2-06-03. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e White, Claire E. (1998). "A Conversation with Julia Quin n". Writers Writes. Retrieved 2007-04-03. ^ Jump up to: a b "Julia Quinn Makes her own Destiny". Romantics at Heart. 1996. Retrieved 2007-04-03. Jump up ^ "News". Julia Quinn Official Website. 2012. Retrieved 2007-04-03. ^ Jump up to: a b "Authors and Books: Hall of Fame". Romance Writers of America. Retrieved 8 September 2010. Jump up ^ "The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After from Julia Quinn". Julia Quinn Of ficial Website. Retrieved 2013-08-19. Jump up ^ "FAQ". Julia Quinn Official Website. Retrieved 2012-06-03. 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