Katherine J. Chen is the author of the novel Mary B. Her work has been published in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub, and in the historical fiction anthology Stories from Suffragette City. She is a graduate of Princeton University and received her MFA from Boston University, where she was a senior teaching fellow and awarded the Florence Engel Randall Fiction Prize.
A glorious, sweeping novel . . . Richly imagined, poignant and
inspiring
*Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of ARIADNE*
It is as if the author has crept inside a statue and breathed a
soul into it, re-creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time
*Hilary Mantel, Booker-winning author of THE MIRROR AND THE
LIGHT*
Measured, austere, profoundly physical. I loved it
*Jo Baker, author of LONGBOURN*
In Katherine J. Chen's capable hands, Joan becomes fully flesh and
achingly real
*Lisa Wingate, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book
of Lost Friends*
An epic novel with the mythic power of a fairytale
*Christina Baker Kline, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of
Orphan Train*
A wholly original novel that inspires one's mind and awakens one's
soul. With Joan, Katherine J. Chen has created nothing short of a
masterpiece
*Alyson Richman, bestselling author of The Lost Wife*
Beautifully written and confidently told, this is a story of how
feminine strength and will can change the world
*Megan Chance, bestselling author of A Splendid Ruin*
This Joan is of the earth - scrappy and strong, resilient and
curious. An ambitious, thrilling novel
*Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia
Palace*
Katherine J. Chen has stunningly summoned another time and
place
*M.J. Rose, New York Times bestselling author of The Last
Tiara*
When you look up the term 'historical fiction' in the dictionary it
should say, simply, Read Katherine J. Chen
*Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Kaiser’s
Web*
Chen earns the comparison [to Mantel] thanks to her vivid, visceral
and boldly immediate storytelling... But it's Joan herself who
constantly bounds off the page, a proto-feminist genius born into
the wrong age. Thanks to Chen's efforts, she is now a hypnotic
heroine for our time
*Telegraph*
Katherine J Chen's Joan is a scrappy, determined and very real
heroine who simply roars off the page. If you liked Ariadne, then
this has to be your next read .
*Red Magazine*
Inspired, lyrical . . . makes clear why Joan is still venerated
*Woman & Home*
A vivid and very real slice of historical fiction
*Good Housekeeping*
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
