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Paullina Simons


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Leningrad, Russian Federation
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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
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Average rating: 4.13 · 229,797 ratings · 19,835 reviews · 49 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Bronze Horseman (The Br...

4.29 avg rating — 95,601 ratings — published 2000 — 132 editions
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Tatiana and Alexander (The ...

4.29 avg rating — 47,537 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions
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The Summer Garden (The Bron...

4.09 avg rating — 33,780 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
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Tully

3.91 avg rating — 11,805 ratings — published 1994 — 47 editions
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The Girl In Times Square

3.89 avg rating — 8,548 ratings — published 2004 — 36 editions
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Red Leaves

3.64 avg rating — 5,516 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions
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Eleven Hours

3.62 avg rating — 4,467 ratings — published 1998 — 32 editions
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Children of Liberty (The Br...

3.32 avg rating — 3,418 ratings — published 2012 — 29 editions
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Light at Lavelle

4.35 avg rating — 2,275 ratings14 editions
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Lone Star

3.78 avg rating — 2,565 ratings — published 2015 — 31 editions
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“Alexander, were you looking for me?"
"All my life.”
Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman

“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

“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

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