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Marie Benedict

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Pittsburgh, PA, The United States

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Marie Benedict is a lawyer with more than ten years' experience as a commercial litigator at two of the country's premier law firms. While practicing as a NYC lawyer, Marie dreamed of a fantastical job unearthing the hidden historical stories of women -- and finally found it when she tried her hand at writing. She embarked on a new, thematically connected series of historical fiction excavating the stories of important, complex and fascinating women from the past with THE OTHER EINSTEIN, which tells the tale of Albert Einstein's first wife, a physicist herself. She then released CARNEGIE'S MAID, the story of a brilliant woman who may have spurred Andrew Carnegie toward philanthropy, followed by the B&N Book Club pick and NYTimes bestseller ...more

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	The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict (Goodreads Author), Victoria Christopher Murray (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 168,378 ratings — published 2021 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Only Woman in the Room 3.85 avg rating — 82,340 ratings — published 2019 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carnegie's Maid 3.98 avg rating — 74,419 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Einstein 3.85 avg rating — 72,192 ratings — published 2016 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystery of Mrs. Christie 3.73 avg rating — 40,451 ratings — published 2020 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Clementine 3.83 avg rating — 26,961 ratings — published 2020 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Ladies by Marie Benedict (Goodreads Author), Victoria Christopher Murray (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 25,435 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Hidden Genius 3.94 avg rating — 13,288 ratings — published 2022 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mitford Affair 3.71 avg rating — 13,076 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agent 355 by Marie Benedict (Goodreads Author), Emily Rankin (Narrator) 3.72 avg rating — 5,985 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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HER HIDDEN GENIUS

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As a writer of historical fiction about women who’ve left crucial legacies, I am often asked the following question: who are you writing about next? Given that I have a long list of women from the past whose stories deserve to be told, this can be tough to answer depending on where I am in the writing process. But not right now. I can’t wait for you to read HER HIDDEN G Read more of this blog post »

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“Her quietude was not weakness; it was an ardent watchfulness that would be replaced by a roar when required.”
― Marie Benedict, The Other Einstein

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“... it occurred to me that we are all unreliable narrators of our own lives, crafting stories about ourselves that omit unsavory truths and highlight our invented identities.”
― Marie Benedict, The Mystery of Mrs. Christie

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“The deeper we each read, the more we would understand about this world”
― Marie Benedict, The Personal Librarian

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September BoTM Side Read Nominations ~ Final Poll

The Four Winds

by Kristin Hannah

14 votes, 41.2%

The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer

by Liza Rodman

8 votes, 23.5%

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie

by Marie Benedict

6 votes, 17.6%

One by One

by Ruth Ware

3 votes, 8.8%

Every Last Secret

by A.R. Torre

3 votes, 8.8%

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