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name: Mary Novik
about: Hi Everybody,My new novel Muse is set in 14th-century Avignon. Everyone on Goodreads has been so wonderfully supportive, I feel very blessed. I am especially happy to see that the group, The Imprinted Life, discussed Muse here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...Muse is the first person story of Solange Le Blanc, who became entangled in a love triangle with Francesco Petrarch and Laura, and later caught the eye of Pope Clement VI in 14th century Avignon, when the popes lived there. Muse is available in Italian as L'amante del papa. Check out the prize-winning booktrailer, which I've uploaded to my Goodreads page. Muse is also available in French from Editions Hurtubise (February 2015).My website is http://www.marynovik.com and contains Hi Everybody,My new novel Muse is set in 14th-century Avignon. Everyone on Goodreads has been so wonderfully supportive, I feel very blessed. I am especially happy to see that the group, The Imprinted Life, discussed Muse here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...Muse is the first person story of Solange Le Blanc, who became entangled in a love triangle with Francesco Petrarch and Laura, and later caught the eye of Pope Clement VI in 14th century Avignon, when the popes lived there. Muse is available in Italian as L'amante del papa. Check out the prize-winning booktrailer, which I've uploaded to my Goodreads page. Muse is also available in French from Editions Hurtubise (February 2015).My website is http://www.marynovik.com and contains an excerpt from Muse, highlights from reviews, and many backstories for the novel.I've also posted lots about my first novel Conceit, which is the story of Pegge, the daughter of the English poet John Donne, a contemporary of Shakespeare. I was inspired to write Conceit when I visited St. Paul's Cathedral in London and discovered that John Donne's effigy was the only one that survived the Great Fire of 1666. Conceit was named one of The Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade by Canada Reads. It was also longlisted for the Giller prize and won the Ethel Wilson Prize. The Goodreads group, The Imprinted Life discussed Conceit at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_... What made this so amazing is that Asma, the moderator, did wonderful summaries of each chapter! The Book Haven group also read Conceit and that discussion is available, http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5.... ...more