Welcome to janeaustenaddict.com, diversions for Austen fans who dearly love a laugh.

***by Laurie Viera Rigler, author of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, a novel that explores the question: What if I could live in Austen's time?

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The latest campaign ad for my number-one candidate is here!

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Click here to view her first campaign ad.

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Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict is now in paperback.

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"A winner."
--Publisher's Weekly

"[A] charming novel… Rigler writes beautifully…a light and deftly orchestrated visit to 1813."
--Austenblog

"a page-turner of a novel composed with remarkable assurance by a promising new author."
--BookPage, New Paperbacks for Book Clubs list

More reviews….

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CALLING ALL BOOK CLUBS

• Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict is an About.com Paperback Book Club Pick.
• Listen to my conversation with Book Club Girl on Blog Talk Radio.
• Is your book club reading Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict? I'd like to do a conference call with your group. And post your group's photo here. Please contact me for details.

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A GREAT DEAL OF CONVERSATION
• Listen to my podcast at us.penguingroup.com on the enduring popularity of Jane Austen and the creation of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict.
• Check out "Ten Ways to Cope Without the Complete Jane Austen Series."
• Read my guest post on Sense and Sensibility at PBS.org's Remotely Connected (and see what other bloggers have to say about Masterpiece Theatre's Austen extravaganza).
• Discuss the movies and more right here on The Austen Addict Forum.
• Read my continuing series of posts on each of Jane Austen's novels. And more...

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ARE YOU AN AUSTEN ADDICT?

• Find out here.
• Ever thought about dancing at a Regency ball in full regalia? Read my post.

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MORE DIVERSIONS:

• Follies and nonsense.
• Austen film clips, trailers, and more.
• What if you could live in Jane Austen's time? Discuss.
• Ever thought about taking a Pride and Prejudice Tour?
• Watch my my Authors at Google reading.
• Would you like a signed bookplate to put in your copy of Confessions? Click here.


CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT IS NOW A BESTSELLER!

• Los Angeles Times
• ABA (American Booksellers Association)
• SCIBA (Southern California Independent Booksellers)
• Book Sense Notable Book.
• The audiobook of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict has won a Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award.

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APPEARANCES:

Jane Austen Society of North America Annual General Meeting

October 4, 2008 3:30 PM

Friends of the Library/Madison County Library

November 6, 2008 12:00 PM

Lambuth University

November 6, 2008 7:00 PM

Jackson State Community College

November 7, 2008 12:00 PM