Jeanne MacKin
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Jeanne MacKin

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Jeanne Mackin is the author of several historical novels. Her most recent is Picasso's Lovers, out in January from Berkley. Previously she published The Last Collection - a Novel of Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel, and The Beautiful American,. She has worked as a journalist for several publications, and as a university research and science writer. She lives in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, has traveled widely through Europe and Great Britain. Jeanne was the recipient of a creative writing fellowship from the American Antiquarian Society and her journalism has won awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Praise for Picasso's Lovers "Mackin's clever plot delivers well-timed bombshells. Thanks to Mackin, the women who loved and inspired Pablo Picasso get their turn in the spotlight." - Publishers Weekly "Utterly absorbing and vivid." - Suzanne Rindell "Lyrical Writing - A beautiful read." - Chanel Cleeton Praise for The Beautiful American "Achingly beautiful and utterly mesmerizing..." -- Jennifer Robson, author of Somewhere in France "Jeanne Mackin's luminous novel about Man Ray and his model-mistress Lee Miller evokes the iridescence of 1920s Paris when youth and artistic freedom and sexual excess were all that mattered. The Beautiful American, which readers will rank right up there with The Paris Wife, takes readers from the giddiness of the flapper era to the grittiness of World War II. It is a brilliant, beautifully written literary masterpiece. I love this book! --Sandra Dallas, New York Times bestselling author of Fallen Women "The Beautiful American will transport you to expat Paris and from there take you on a journey through the complexities of a friendship as it is inflected through the various lenses of nostalgia, pity, celebrity, jealousy, and -- ultimately -- love. Jeanne Mackin breathes new life into such luminaries as Man Ray, Picasso, and, of course, the titular character, Lee Miller, while at the same time offering up a wonderfully human and sympathetic protagonist in Nora Tours." --Suzanne Rindell, author of The Other Typist "Jeanne Mackin's portrait of Europe in the years encompassing the Second World War is achingly beautiful and utterly mesmerizing, and her vividly drawn characters, the legendary Lee Miller among them, come heartbreakingly alive in their obsessions, tragedies, and triumphs. The Beautiful American is sure to appeal to fans of Paula McLain's The Paris Wife and Erika Robuck's Call Me Zelda, or indeed to anyone with a taste for impeccably researched and beautifully written historical fiction." --Jennifer Robson, author of Somewhere in France "From Poughkeepsie to Paris, from the razzmatazz of the '20s to the turmoil of World War Two and the perfume factories of Grasse, Mackin draws you into the world of expatriate artists and photographers and tells a story of love, betrayal, survival and friendship. As complex as the fragrances Mackin writes about, The Beautiful American is an engaging and unforgettable novel. I couldn't put it down." -Renee Rosen, author of Doll Face "An exquisitely imagined and beautifully rendered story of the talented, tragic, gorgeous Lee Miller." Becky E. Conekin, author of Lee Miller in Fashion "Jeanne Mackin blends a tale as intoxicating as the finest fragrance. Spanning wars both personal and global, The Beautiful American leaves its essence of love, loss, regret, and hope long after the novel concludes." --Erika Robuck, author of Call Me Zelda and Fallen Beauty
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