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Jennifer Chiaverini

Author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker

68+ Works 16,730 Members 621 Reviews 22 Favorited

About the Author

Jennifer Chiaverini is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago. She used to be a writing instructor at Penn State University and Edgewood College. She is the author of the Elm Creek Quilts series and four volumes of quilt patterns inspired by her novels. She is also show more the designer of the Elm Creek Quilts fabric lines from Red Rooster Fabrics. Among her most recent works, is the New York Times bestselling novel, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker. (Publisher Provided) Jennifer Chiaverini is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago. She is an American quilter and author. Her books include the Elm Creek Quilts series as well as five collections of quilt patterns inspired by her novels. She designs the Elm Creek Quilts fabric lines from Red Rooster Fabrics. She was also a writing instructor at Penn State and Edgewood College. Jennifer is also the author of bestselling novels Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, The Spymistress and Mrs. Lincoln's Rival. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Jennifer Chiaverini

Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker (2013) 1,172 copies
The Quilter's Apprentice (1999) 1,164 copies
Round Robin (2000) 756 copies
The Runaway Quilt (2002) 755 copies
The Cross-Country Quilters (2001) 725 copies
The Quilter's Legacy (2003) 691 copies
Circle of Quilters (2006) 690 copies
The Sugar Camp Quilt (2005) 664 copies
The Master Quilter (2004) 616 copies
The Quilter's Homecoming (2007) 614 copies
Resistance Women (2019) 560 copies
The Winding Ways Quilt (2008) 544 copies
The Lost Quilter (2009) 521 copies
The Christmas Quilt (2005) 520 copies
The Spymistress (2013) 495 copies
The Aloha Quilt (2010) 459 copies
The New Year's Quilt (2007) 440 copies
Enchantress of Numbers (2017) 407 copies
The Union Quilters (2011) 398 copies
Mrs. Lincoln's Rival (2014) 354 copies
A Quilter's Holiday (2009) 347 copies
The Quilter's Kitchen (2008) 329 copies
The Wedding Quilt (2011) 290 copies
Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule (2015) 287 copies
The Giving Quilt (2012) 275 copies
Christmas Bells (2015) 268 copies
Sonoma Rose (2012) 267 copies
Elm Creek Quilts Set (1-3) (2001) 253 copies
Fates and Traitors (2016) 249 copies
Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters (2020) 239 copies
Switchboard Soldiers (2023) 213 copies
The Christmas Boutique (2019) 188 copies
Canary Girls: A Novel (2023) 95 copies
Elm Creek Quilts Set (4-6) (2006) 87 copies
The Quilter's Ghost (2015) 12 copies

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As each holiday season approaches, some revel in welcoming the New Year ahead; others quietly mourn the passing of time gone by. "We can't hold on to the past," says Master Quilter Sylvia Compson, "but we can keep the best part of 'Auld Lang Syne' in our hearts and in our memories, and we can look forward to the future with hope and resolve." As Sylvia, a late-in-life newlywed, has discovered, love can enter our lives at any age. Yet before she can truly delight in her present happiness, she must face the sorrow hidden in her past -- her own role in the tragic circumstances that left her estranged from her sister, Claudia, until it was too late to make amends. Vowing not to repeat the mistake with her new daughter-in-law, Amy, who opposed Sylvia's marriage to her father, Andrew, Sylvia must convince Amy that family is more precious than pride. As Sylvia takes up a quilt for the season, begun and abandoned over six years, she recalls the New Year's Eve festivities of her youth at Elm Creek Manor as a member of the Bergstrom family. She titles the quilt "New Year's Reflections," after her belief that year-end reflections precede resolutions. The quilt blocks she chooses commemorate the wisdom that no one can ever be truly alone if she keeps the memory of those she loved and those who loved her alive in her heart.… (more)
 
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Honi Werner Cover artist, Cover designer
Elke Sigal Designer
Monica Benalcazar Cover designer
Martin Chiaverini Author photo
Jeannet Dekker Translator
Sigrid Estrada Author photo
Melanie Marder Parks Endpaper designs
Nayon Cho Cover designer
Steven Garfinkel Author photo
Jeff Cottenden Cover artist
Janet Miller Cover quilter
Thomas Ng Cover designer
Ineke de Groot Translator
Shutterstock.com Cover image of colorful quilt detail
Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock cover image of quilted fabric
William Lee Cover designer
Will Lee Cover designer

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Works
68
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Members
16,730
Popularity
#1,347
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
621
ISBNs
459
Languages
6
Favorited
22

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