Marilyn Brant

Marilyn Brant is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of contemporary women's fiction, romantic comedy, and mystery. She loves Jane Austen, Sherlock Holmes, travel, music, gelato, and chocolate. She was named the 2013 Author of the Year by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English and lives in the Chicago suburbs with her family. Visit her website at www.marilynbrant.com.

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  1. Fantastical Austen – The Spirit of Jane — 139 comments
  2. According to Jane – 2nd Edition Celebration! — 139 comments
  3. Book Release PARTY for Pride, Prejudice & the Perfect Bet!! — 129 comments
  4. WANDERLUST IN SUBURBIA by Marilyn Brant – Launch Party! — 88 comments
  5. A Work in Progress: Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Bet — 79 comments

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A Summer Picnic with Emma, Mr. Knightley, and Someone Unexpected…

What’s not to love about picnics?! Typically, there are friends or family in attendance, baskets packed with delicious food, the beautiful outdoors (hopefully, Mother Nature is behaving herself!), and lots of fun to be had.  😎 Several years back, I wrote a whimsical short story about Emma Woodhouse, Mr. Knightley, and a fairy named Sylvia…who …

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Jane in January – Past Experiences as Writing Inspiration

Trust me on this: Fiction is not the same thing as Memoir… And, yet, if you ask the people who know me personally to tell you about my novels, they’ll say things like, “Well, when Marilyn wrote Friday Mornings at Nine, it was about our get-togethers over coffee” (my local friends) or “She incorporated a …

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Advent Calendar Day 12: Modern Techno Fun Meets Austen

UPDATE: The random drawings have been done!! CONGRATS to the 3 flash drive winners with the PDFs of these books: Meryton Miss – According to Jane Shelley B Hoisington – Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match Christa Buchan – Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Bet Please email me (MarilynBrant AT Gmail DOT Com) — or, …

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Jane in January and You – Austen and Her Brilliant Characters

One of the first things I noticed when I read Pride and Prejudice in high school was how incredibly human Jane Austen made her characters. I loved ALL of them, even when I didn’t like the way they behaved in the story! The heroes, heroines, and various secondary players who inhabited JA’s novels were so …

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Double Release Celebration: Coming Home & Second Chances!!

This is a double release week for me — and what makes it twice as fun is that both projects are modern, Austen-inspired stories!! My contribution to RWA’s second anthology, SECOND CHANCES (Sept. 12th release – more on that further down the page), is out right now, as is the final book in my Mirabelle Harbor …

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A Modern Twist on Persuasion

Some of you may already know this because of conversations with me on Facebook (I couldn’t contain my excitement last week 😀 ), but my Persuasion-inspired addition to the Mirabelle Harbor series, which is also the final chapter in this contemporary Austenesque story collection, is now complete!!!!!!!! I’ve got the story details, and pre-order links!! AND, just …

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According to Jane – 2nd Edition Celebration!

It’s here!! It’s finally here!! After nearly seven and a half years since its original publication, there’s finally a new edition of my debut novel, According to Jane 😛  . I’m so excited to celebrate its re-release! In honor of this occasion. ♥ ♥ ♥ For anyone who may not familiar with the novel, it’s …

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Raising a Glass of Rum Punch in Honor of Jane’s Birthday

Several years back, at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Chicago, a group of us decided we’d each research and serve a popular Regency drink as part of a workshop we presented called “Jane Austen Happy Hour.” What fun to get to learn about (and taste test) so many delicious drinks. My beverage of choice was …

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First Kisses and Thanksgiving Gifts

There are few moments in a new relationship so memorable as that first kiss. *sigh* When I think of the stories I enjoyed reading most, the romantic films I loved best, or the dates from my own past that still make me grin like a teenager, it’s those first kiss scenes that often spring to …

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Fantastical Austen – The Spirit of Jane

The idea of pairing a classic literary figure or character with a compelling paranormal situation has been a popular narrative technique, as well as a delightful amusement (!!), for many contemporary writers. In my case, I was really taken with the fantasy of having Jane Austen herself as an advice-giving ghost in the mind of …

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