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The Personal Librarian was a top book club pick in November 2021, [3] March 2022, [4] and April 2022. [5] In 2021, the book was named a "Favorites of Favorites" by Library Reads, [6] as well as one of Booklist's top ten historical fiction novels. [7] It was also nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction. [8]
The Personal Librarian, co-authored by Victoria Christopher Murray and published in 2021 by Berkley Books, is a fictionalized biography of Belle da Costa Greene's life as the personal librarian to J. P. Morgan and the first director of the Morgan Library & Museum. The Personal Librarian received starred reviews from Booklist [12] and Library ...
The 2021 book The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray features a historical fiction account of Greene's personal and professional life as J. P. Morgan's librarian. [27] Another novel based on Greene's life is Belle Greene by Alexandra Lapierre. [28]
Harriet Hardin: Assistant head librarian. She has a particular dislike of Cussy Mary, and finds every opportunity to humiliate her, such as designating the only bathroom in the library as "for whites only". Angeline Moffit: One of Cussy Mary's library patrons. 16 years old, and pregnant, she is married to Willie Moffit. She is one of the few ...
Marie Susette Sandoz was born on May 11, 1896, [2] near Hay Springs, Nebraska, the eldest of six children born to Swiss immigrants, Jules and Mary Elizabeth (Fehr) Sandoz. [3] Until the age of nine, she spoke only German. [2] Her father was said to be a violent and domineering man, who disapproved of her writing and reading.
The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer is a collection of short fiction by Janelle Monáe, written in collaboration with Yohanca Delgado, Eve L. Ewing, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, and Sheree Renée Thomas. The collection, which has been described as Afrofuturist [1] and cyberpunk, is Monáe's debut literary work.
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The Personal Librarian, co-authored with Marie Benedict (2021) The Ex Files. The Ex Files (2007) Merry Ex-Mas (2013) Forever an Ex (2014) Jasmine series (1997-2017)