Mameve Medwed

Mameve Medwed is an American novelist. Born in Bangor, Maine, she now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[1] Her books include How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life, Host Family, and Of Men and Their Mothers.

At Bangor's Garland Street Junior High, she wrote a gossip column for the school newspaper. She later attended Simmons College.^[2] Her first novel, Mail, was an expanded version of a short story she sold for $100. Warner Books eventually bought it, and a second novel, for $220,000.^[3]

References

1. ^ Uviller, Daphne (April 15, 2006). "Bangor's Other Novelist". Newsday. http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/fanfare/bangor-s-other-novelist-1.590204. 
2. ^ Andresen, Kristen (March 27, 2006). "Chamber pot of gold". Bangor Daily News. 
3. ^ Thomas, Jack (April 28, 1997). "Mameve Medwed's Red Letter Day". Boston Globe: p. C5. 

External links

• Official website
• Profile at HarperCollins

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