ear Reader,
Welcome to my website!
I'm thrilled to announce that The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen is in its ninth printing at more than 115,000 copies, and is now an international best-seller! My next novel, Charlotte Bronte's Secret Diaries-- the true story of Charlotte Bronte's life and romance-- is due out from Avon/HarperCollins in 2009.
I do hope you'll take a moment to browse my site. You'll find everything you need to know about The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen, including reviews, interviews, readers' reviews, my biography, a photo gallery, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, fun facts and quotes, and some handy links.
Thanks for visiting!
yrie James
hare your thoughts about The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen in Syrie's
Guest Book.
She would love to hear from you! She'll post her favorite messages, and periodic winners
will receive a leather bookmark from Jane Austen's House in Chawton, England.
THE LOST MEMOIRS OF JANE AUSTEN
By Syrie James
THE INTERNATIONAL BEST-SELLING NOVEL
Nominated for Best New Fiction by the Jane Austen Regency World Awards
—"Deserves front-runner status." —Kirkus Reviews
"A thoughtful, immensely touching romance...
well-researched, well-written and beautifully plotted."
—Joceline Bury, Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine
"Through humor, Jane comes alive...
...offers a deeper understanding of what Austen's life might have been like...
...the reader blindly pulls for the heroine and her dreams of love."
—The Los Angeles Times
"Tantalizing, tender, and true to the Austen mythos ... highly recommended."
—Bette-Lee Fox, Library Journal, starred review [Editors' Fall Picks, 2007]
"This is an amazing book. Jane Austen lives again in the pages of Ms. James's novel...
A story sure to delight all Austen fans and make them wish it was true."
—Susan Carroll, author of "The Huntress"
ADDITIONAL REVIEWS & AN EXCERPT
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FUTURE APPEARANCES BY SYRIE JAMES
September 12-19, 2008
Guest Speaker
Royal Caribbean (Rhapsody) Alaska Cruise
December 13, 2008
Keynote Speaker
The Jane Austen Society of North America
Jane Austen Birthday Tea
Boise, Idaho
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS
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Oct. 25 - 26, 2008
San Jose, California
Two days of readers, writers and fun.
If there's a more perfect experience for book lovers, it has yet to be invented.
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OF THE JANE AUSTEN BOOKMARK PRIZE:
July: Sandy from Port Orchard, WA
June: Marlene W. Ross from Framingham, Massachusetts
April/May: Kaare Revill from Fallbrook, California
March: Jeanne Gale from Swansea, MA
(Thank you for your review on Amazon!) ... and
Edmund Camacho from Newfoundland
To read Edmund's Blog about "The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen,"
CLICK HERE.
February: Vanessa Baez from Clinton, Connecticut
January: Tina Felton from Cumberland, Maryland
(Thank you for your review on Amazon!)
December: Amy Dean from Washington Court House, Ohio