Kate Quinn

Quinn was born and raised in Long Beach, California.Virtual Career Presentation with Author Kate Quinn. 2022. Go Fourth Friday Newsletter, Office of Councilman Daryl Supernaw. https://campaignlp.constantcontact.com/em/1102694185850/94ae00e9-bac7-45ca-a7b9-24a682f797e4{{Cite news|last=Davidson|first=Denise|date=February 24, 2019|title='The Huntress' follows search for a war criminal hiding in America|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/books/sd-et-books-kate-quinn-20190213-story.html|newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune}} She graduated from Boston University with a BA (2004) and a master's degree (2006) in classical voice.{{cite web |last1=n.a. |title=About |url=https://www.katequinnauthor.com/about/ |website=Kate Quinn |access-date=13 December 2023}}Bostonia. Winter/Sprng 2018. Book Reviews. https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/winter-spring18/new-book-reviews/

Quinn's novels often focus on women's unexpected roles in historyCourtney Chen and Audrey Matei. “Unsung Heroines”: Kate Quinn’s approach to spotlighting women’s stories and hinge moments in history. The Student Life. February 1, 2024. https://tsl.news/unsung-heroines-kate-quinns-approach-to-spotlighting-womens-stories-and-hinge-moments-in-history/Carol Memmott. “For Women’s History Month: 5 new novels that celebrate female accomplishments.” The Washington Post. 03/08/2022. such as military snipers, spies, and code breakers. Her works have been set in several historical eras, including five novels that take place during the Roman Empire, two books about the Borgias in the Italian Renaissance, and most recently a series of novels set in the 1940s and 1950s, centering on the events during and after the Second World War. Her 2017 historical fiction novel, The Alice Network, was a New York Times{{Cite news|title=Paperback Trade Fiction Books - Best Sellers|date=June 24, 2018|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2018/06/24/trade-fiction-paperback/|access-date=September 21, 2020|issn=0362-4331}} and USA Today bestseller.{{Cite news|title=The Alice Network|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/the-alice-network/2444877/isbn/9780062654199/|access-date=September 21, 2020|website=USA Today|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105085112/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/the-alice-network/2444877/isbn/9780062654199/|archive-date=January 5, 2018}} Her 2019 follow-up (and eighth novel), The Huntress, earned positive reviews in The Washington Post{{Cite news|last=Hannah|first=Kristin|title=Review {{!}} In 'The Huntress,' a dangerous Nazi goes on the run|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/in-the-huntress-a-dangerous-nazi-goes-on-the-run/2019/02/20/8a2c5e3a-350e-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html|access-date=September 21, 2020|date=February 20, 2019|issn=0190-8286}} and Kirkus Reviews, and was also a New York Times bestseller.{{Cite magazine|date=November 26, 2018|title=Review: The Huntress|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kate-quinn/the-huntress-quinn/|access-date=September 20, 2020|magazine=Kirkus Reviews}}{{Cite news |title=Hardcover Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - April 17, 2022 - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/04/17/hardcover-fiction/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Her novels The Rose Code and The Diamond Eye were also New York Times bestsellers.{{Cite news |title=Best Sellers - Books - March 28, 2021 - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2021/03/28/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |title=Hardcover Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - April 17, 2022 - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/04/17/hardcover-fiction/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

She has also contributed to a series of historical novels that were collaboratively written with 5-6 other authors, in which each author wrote a separate chapter presenting a different character's voice, which together make up a single overlapping story. The first of these, A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii is in development for a limited series from Amazon studios.Joe Otterson. "Amazon, Scott Free Productions Team For Pompeii Limited Series Based on Novel ‘A Day of Fire’ (EXCLUSIVE)" Variety. https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/pompeii-limited-series-a-day-of-fire-amazon-ridley-scott-1236166061/

Quinn resides with her husband in Maryland.https://www.katequinnauthor.com/about

• Mistress of Rome (2010) {{ISBN|978-0425232477|}}
• Daughters of Rome (2011) {{ISBN|978-0425238974|}}
• Empress of the Seven Hills (2012) {{ISBN|978-0425242025|}}
• The Three Fates (2015) {{ASIN|B00TXRB1J0}}
• Lady of the Eternal City (2015) {{ISBN|978-0425259634|}}

====The Borgia Chronicles====

• The Serpent and the Pearl (2013) {{ISBN|978-0425259467|}}
• The Lion and the Rose (2014) {{ISBN|978-0425268766|}}

• The Alice Network (2017) {{ISBN|978-0062654199|}}
• The Huntress (2019) {{ISBN|978-0062884343|}}
• The Rose Code (2021) {{ISBN|978-0062943477|}}John F. Dooley. 2023. Review of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn. Cryptologia. Volume 47, Issue 4. pp. 393-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/01611194.2022.2043488Merry Jiao. Read, Write and Be Merry: ‘The Rose Code’ by Kate Quinn. Tufts Daily. March 13, 2025. https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025/03/read-write-and-be-merrythe-rose-code-by-kate-quinn
• The Diamond Eye (2022) {{ISBN|978-0062943514|}}
• The Phoenix Crown (2024) (with Janie Chang) {{ISBN|978-0063304734|}}
• The Briar Club (2024) {{ISBN|978-0063244740}}Rob Merrill. “Book Review: Kate Quinn returns with ‘The Briar Club,’ a murder mystery during the 1950’s Red Scare.” AP News. July 8, 2024. https://apnews.com/article/briar-club-kate-quinn-book-review-f1207a935e0a1562721a00e091491b6c

• A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii (with Stephanie Dray, Sophie Perinot, Ben Kane and Vicky Alvear Shecter) (2014) ISBN 978-0990324577
• A Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion (with Ruth Downie, Stephanie Dray, E Knight, Vicky Alvear Shecter, S. J. A. Turney and Russell Whitfield) (2015) ISBN 978-1517635411
• A Song of War: A Novel of Troy (with Christian Cameron, Libbie Hawker, Vicky Alvear Shecter, S. J. A. Turney, Stephanie Thornton and Russell Whitfield) (2016) ISBN 978-1536931853
• Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women (with Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, E Knight, Heather Webb and Sophie Perinot)(2019) ISBN 978-0062952196

• [https://www.katequinnauthor.com/ Author’s website]
• [https://www.instagram.com/katequinn5975/ Kate Quinn’s Instagram]

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