{"product_id":"ladies-in-waiting-jane-austens-unsung-characters-paperback","title":"Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdriana Trigiani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSarah MacLean\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEloisa James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrate Jane Austen's classic novels with this short story anthology starring forgotten characters as they experience their own happy endings. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn honor of her 250th birthday, eight authors have come together with wildly imaginative reboots of the lives of several of Jane Austen's minor characters. Written with plenty of love and wit, these clever stories star everyone from\u003ci\u003e Pride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e's snobbish Caroline Bingley to the modern descendant of \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e's Eliza Williams and much more. Blurring genres and taking us across the oceans, \u003ci\u003eLadies in Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartfelt celebration of Jane Austen and her timeless masterpieces.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdriana Trigiani is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Good Left Undon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ee\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been published in thirty-eight languages around the world. An award-winning playwright, television writer\/producer and filmmaker, Adriana's screen credits include writer\/director of the major motion picture of her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eBig Stone Gap\u003c\/i\u003e, the adaptation of her novel \u003ci\u003eVery Valentine \u003c\/i\u003eand director of \u003ci\u003eThen Came You\u003c\/i\u003e. Adriana grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where she cofounded \u003ci\u003eThe Origin Project\u003c\/i\u003e, an in-school writing program serving over 1,700 students in Appalachia. She is at work on her next novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah MacLean, a life-long romance reader, wrote her first romance novel on a dare, and never looked back. She is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of romances translated into more than twenty languages, a romance columnist, and the cohost of the weekly romance novel podcast \u003ci\u003eFated Mates\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Smith College and Harvard University, she lives in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEloisa James is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of historical romance novels. Her books have been translated into twenty-six languages with sales worldwide of seven million. As Mary Bly, she is a Shakespeare professor at Fordham University. She lives in New York City and Florence, Italy. Find out more at EloisaJames.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElinor Lipman is the award-winning author of several books of fiction and nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Inn at Lake Devine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIsabel's Bed\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThen She Found Me, \u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a film directed by and starring Helen Hunt, with Bette Midler, Colin Firth, and Matthew Broderick. She divides her time between Manhattan and the Hudson Valley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAudrey Bellezza is a two-time Emmy Award-nominated TV producer who has spent over twenty years writing, developing, and executive producing nonfiction television shows for a number of networks and streaming platforms. Audrey lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaren Dukess is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Book Party\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWelcome to Murder Week\u003c\/i\u003e. Karen has been a newspaper reporter in Florida, a magazine publisher in Russia, and a speechwriter on gender equality for the United Nations. She has a degree in Russian studies from Brown University and a master's in journalism from Columbia University. She lives outside of New York City and in Truro on Cape Cod, where she interviews some of today's most acclaimed writers as host of the Castle Hill Author Talks for the Truro Center for the Arts. Find out more at KarenDukess.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmily Harding is one-half of the writing duo behind the For the Love of Austen series, including \u003ci\u003eEmma of 83rd Street\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eElizabeth of East Hampton\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a graduate of Emerson College with degrees in both creative writing and film. After working over fifteen years in television development and production, she found her way back to writing. Emily lives in Dallas with her husband, two children, and an incredibly spoiled Texas heeler.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNikki Payne is the author of \u003ci\u003ePride and Protest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSex, Lies, and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e. By day, Nikki Payne is a curious tech anthropologist asking the right questions to deliver better digital services. By night, she dreams of ways to subvert canon literature. She's a member of Smut U, a premium feminist writing collective, and is a cat lady with no cats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiana Quincy is the bestselling author of the Accidental Peers series. As a US Foreign Service brat, Diana grew up all over the world but is now happily settled in Virginia with her husband and two sons. When not bent over her laptop, Diana spends time with her family, reads, practices yoga and plots her next travel adventure.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.25 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45085098148016,"sku":"9781668204177","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1121\/0060\/files\/iY7LDqR-Ar9781668204177.webp?v=1777996871","url":"https:\/\/sidekicksptown.com\/products\/ladies-in-waiting-jane-austens-unsung-characters-paperback","provider":"Sidekicks Ptown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}