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Paullina Simons


Born
Leningrad, Russian Federation
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Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Cooking, Food & Wine


Paullina Simons was born in Leningrad, USSR, in 1963. At the age of ten her family immigrated to the United States. Growing up in Russia Paullina dreamt of someday becoming a writer. Her dream was put on hold as she learned English and overcame the shock of a new culture.

After graduating from university and after various jobs including working as a financial journalist and as a translator Paullina wrote her first novel Tully. Through word of mouth that book was welcomed by readers all over the world.

She continued with more novels, including Red Leaves, Eleven Hours, The Bronze Horseman, The Bridge to Holy Cross (also known as Tatiana and Alexander), The Summer Garden and The Girl in Times Square (also known as Lily). Many of Paullina's no ...more

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Combine Editions

Average rating: 4.13 · 227,226 ratings · 19,593 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors
The Bronze Horseman (The Br...
4.29 avg rating — 94,385 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions
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Tatiana and Alexander (The ...
4.29 avg rating — 47,090 ratings — published 2003 — 102 editions
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The Summer Garden (The Bron...
4.09 avg rating — 33,520 ratings — published 2005 — 68 editions
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Tully
3.91 avg rating — 11,731 ratings — published 1994 — 47 editions
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The Girl In Times Square
3.89 avg rating — 8,506 ratings — published 2004 — 36 editions
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Red Leaves
3.64 avg rating — 5,493 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions
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Eleven Hours
3.62 avg rating — 4,439 ratings — published 1998 — 32 editions
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Children of Liberty (The Br...
3.31 avg rating — 3,396 ratings — published 2012 — 29 editions
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Lone Star
3.78 avg rating — 2,547 ratings — published 2015 — 31 editions
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Road to Paradise
3.12 avg rating — 3,066 ratings — published 2007 — 22 editions
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Series by Paullina Simons

The Bronze Horseman Tatiana and Alexander The Summer Garden
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“Alexander, were you looking for me?"
"All my life.”
― Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman
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“Ask yourself these three questions, Tatiana Metanova, and you will know who you are. Ask: What do believe in? What do you hope for? What do you love?”
― Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman
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“Tatiana: "Why did we spend two days fighting when we could have been doing this?"
Alexander: "That wasn't fighting, Tatiana. That was foreplay.”
― Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman
tags: fiction, sweet-talk
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Polls

What should our August 2018 pick be?

The Duchess War by Courtney Milan (mf Leicester, England, 1863)
 
  26 votes 17.4%

It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian (mm England, Regency era)
 
  24 votes 16.1%

The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King (mf YA Fantasy)
 
  18 votes 12.1%

Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn (mf Ancient Rome TW:self-harm)
 
  15 votes 10.1%

The Switch by Lynsay Sands (mf London, England, Regency era)
 
  15 votes 10.1%

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn (mf London, England, 1813)
 
  13 votes 8.7%

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (12th Century England)
 
  11 votes 7.4%

India Black by Carol K. Carr (mf London, England, 1876)
 
  7 votes 4.7%

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons (mf Leningrad, USSR, 1941)
 
  7 votes 4.7%

Night in Shanghai by Nicole Mones (mf poc Shanghai, China, 1936)
 
  7 votes 4.7%

Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk (mm MA, USA, 1897)
 
  6 votes 4.0%

The Only Gold by Tamara Allen (mm NY, USA, 1888)
 
  0 votes 0.0%

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