![]() Further, it doesn't fit the genre of historical fiction. In the first place, it's a novel, not a work of history or theology. Dan Brown has done his bit to diminish the shock factor of that supposition.īut even without these writings, ancient and modern, the outrage was misplaced, based as it was on mistaking this book's genre. ![]() More shocking was depicting Jesus coming down from the cross and enjoying the delights of conjugal love with the sisters Mary and Martha, numerous offspring, and a long life of satisfying labor in Bethany. Yet this possibility was implicit in the gospel narratives, as borne out by the publication a few years ago of the second-century Gospel of Judas. Indeed, Jesus encouraged him to perform the crucial role in carrying it out. One of the most sensational aspects was its portrayal of Judas as the only disciple who knew in advance what the carpenter's son planned. ![]() This book outraged religious sensibilities when it appeared more than a half-century ago, as did the Martin Scorsese film based on it. ![]()
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Public Service award in Division I, 2000 Outstanding Achievement by an Inc.," both published in Virgin Islands Daily News alsoĬontributor to Detroit News series that earned the Pulitzer for Service/under 40,000 category for "Antigua: Corruption, Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting/under 40,000 category, 1994,īoth for "Virgin Islands Crime Series," and for Public Outstanding Achievement by an Individual journalism award, and Croix, Virgin Islands,ġ994-97 worked in real estate and as a freelance writer, 1988-94 Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL, reporter, 1997 Detroit Agent-c/o Author Mail, John Wiley & Sons, 111 ![]() ![]() ![]() Willig's books have been named a Romantic Times Top Pick! and she has been nominated for a Quill Award in 2006. ![]() Willig briefly worked for Cravath, Swaine & Moore, a law firm in New York, while authoring her "Pink Carnation" series of books, until she gave up law in order to focus full-time on the series. She then studied graduate level early modern European history at Harvard University before entering and graduating from Harvard Law School. Īfter graduating from the Chapin School, Willig attended Yale University, where she majored in Renaissance Studies and Political Science, and was Chairman of the Tory Party of the Yale Political Union. She is best known for her "Pink Carnation" series, which follows a collection of Napoleonic-Era British spies, similar to the Scarlet Pimpernel, as they fight for Britain and fall in love.Ī native of New York City, Willig discovered historical fiction when she was only six years old, while she was attempting to find books about her idol, Eleanor of Aquitaine. ![]() Lauren Willig is a New York Times bestselling author of historical novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve loved her paintings ever since then. I love trees and the ones with the trees felt like you could just walk right into the woods. The first time I saw them, I was bowled over. 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