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The story behind the publication of Maryann's first novel, "The Richest
Season," is one that will resonate with so many first-time novelists and
spans many years of overcoming agent and publisher rejections, refusing
to accept failure, coming very close to giving up, then self-publishing
the book, orchestrating her own book launch, pounding the pavement to
convince independent booksellers to stock a self-published book on their
shelves, conducting countless book signings and talks, addressing 40
book clubs in 10 states, and exhausting every marketing possibility for
her book. She did not quit.
And finally, overnight success: a New York agent loved her book and sold it at auction to Hyperion. Maryann received a two-book hardcover deal; Random House in Germany followed with German rights, and Mondadori made a deal for Italy. When a writer's blog referred to her good luck as "winning the literary lottery," Maryann responded, "I had to laugh. Because it implied that getting published was as simple as buying a ticket and waiting for a number to be drawn. Hah! If only it were that easy. My ordeal in trying to get my novel taken spanned 6 years in total."
Maryann is proud of her two children, Patrick and Marisa, and her four granddaughters, Alice, Lily, Julia, and Phoebe. She lives in Northwest New Jersey where she is working on her fourth novel.
