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Jennifer Chiaverini

Jennifer Chiaverini
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Jennifer Chiaverini

Jennifer Chiaverini is the author of the New York Times bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series, five collections of quilt projects, and Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, her most recent historical novel. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, she lives with her husband and sons in Madison, Wisconsin.

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The Master Quilter will be released on January 21, 2014 in Trade Paperback
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Jul 29, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from The Quilter's Apprentice
Jul 24, 2012
The Sugar Camp Quilt will be released on June 26, 2012 in Mass Market Paperback
Jun 26, 2012
The Sugar Camp Quilt is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Jun 26, 2012
Round Robin will be released on January 31, 2012 in eBook
Jan 31, 2012
The Quilter's Apprentice is now available in eBook
Jan 31, 2012
The Quilter's Apprentice will be released on January 31, 2012 in eBook
Jan 31, 2012
Round Robin is now available in eBook
Jan 31, 2012
The Runaway Quilt will be released on January 31, 2012 in eBook
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Huffington Post, April 8, 2013
...be profound and lasting. I am not talking about simple approaches to famous figures from the past, like Jennifer Chiaverini's one-dimensional presentation of Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley in Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker. I am...
South Bend Tribune, March 31, 2013
...at 10 a.m. April 24 hosted by Tricia Sloma of WNDU-TV and Hank Herreman of the library. Jennifer Chiaverini, the author of the book "Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker," will talk about her book at 5 p.m. April 29 at the main library. For a complete list...
Idaho Statesman, March 31, 2013
...and our nation's rocky financial currents. GARDEN CITY LIBRARY www.notaquietlibrary.org "Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker" by Jennifer Chiaverini Adult fiction. NYT bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini provides a revealing account of the friendship...
Marshall Democrat-News, March 8, 2013
..." "The Quilter's Catalog" and "Small Quilt Crafts" are on display. In addition, popular fiction books by Jennifer Chiaverini, such as "The Winding Ways Quilt," "The Wedding Quilt" and "The Lost Quilter" are available in book form as well as audiobook. ...
Lake County News-Chronicle, February 21, 2013
..."The Twelve Clues of Christmas" Rhys Bowen; "Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance" Lois McMaster Bujold; "Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker" Jennifer Chiaverini; "Scones & Bones" Laura Childs; "Suspect" Robert Crais; "Stray Souls" Kate Griffin; "Crooked Miles, Woven...
Examiner.com, February 19, 2013
...New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini has entered the world of historical fiction! The author most known for her Elm Creek Quilt series has recently released a novel on Elizabeth Keckley, the dressmaker to Mary...
Deseret Morning News, February 17, 2013
..."Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker" is by Jennifer Chiaverini. Dutton Books Summary "Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker" by Jennifer Chiaverini is a compelling historical novel told from the perspective of Elizabeth Keckley, the first lady's dressmaker and closest...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 19, 2013
...Madison novelist Jennifer Chiaverini pondered a photograph about the Mary Todd Lincoln quilt, said to have been crafted by her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley from scraps of fabric leftover from making the First Lady...
Examiner.com, January 15, 2013
...woven into the very fabric of time, reveals just how much depends on the success of their mission. Jennifer Chiaverini talks about why independent book stores matterJennifer Chiaverini talks about why independent book stores matter Lucifer seeks the...
Las Vegas Review Journal, January 15, 2013
...Anything That Moves" by Nick Turse; "Love Saves the Day" by Gwen Cooper; "Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker" by Jennifer Chiaverini; "My Beloved World" by Sonia Sotomayor; "Servants' Hall" by Margaret Powell; "Shades of Earth" by Beth Revis; "Snow White Must...
Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 14, 2013
...dignity, and to suddenly be dismissed as a lowly servant telling tales was quite a shock," said Jennifer Chiaverini, whose novel "Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker" is being published by Dutton this week. Keckley's rise from slave to independent businesswoman...
Individual.com, January 13, 2013
...Author Jennifer Chiaverini is best known for her best-selling "Elm Creek Quilts" series, 26 novels and related volumes of quilt patterns and projects. A quilt figures into her newest novel, "Mrs. Lincoln...
STLtoday.com, January 13, 2013
...explores leader's development in 1862 as the Union withstood the horrors of the Civil War. Read more JENNIFER CHIAVERINI Where • Left Bank Books, 399 North Euclid Avenue How much • Free More info • left-bank.com or 314-367-6731 ...
Denver Post, January 13, 2013
...Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, by Jennifer Chiaverini. Honest Abe and his circle are certainly in vogue at the moment. Here, the author imagines the life of Mary Todd's seamstress. Good Bait, by John Harvey. Can...