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Jillian Cantor is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of fifteen novels for teens and adults, which have been chosen for LibraryReads, Indie Next, Amazon Best of the Month, and have been translated into 15 languages. Born and raised in a suburb of Philadelphia, Cantor currently lives in Arizona with her husband and two sons.

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Average rating: 3.91 · 65,477 ratings · 9,900 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lost Letter 4.23 avg rating — 15,729 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beautiful Little Fools 4.01 avg rating — 15,300 ratings — published 2022 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Another Time 3.79 avg rating — 8,030 ratings — published 2019 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margot 3.83 avg rating — 7,266 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half Life 3.99 avg rating — 3,714 ratings — published 2021 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fiction Writer 3.18 avg rating — 4,010 ratings — published 2023 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hours Count 3.88 avg rating — 3,085 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Code for Love and Heartbreak 3.47 avg rating — 2,055 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The May House: A Novel 3.74 avg rating — 1,549 ratings — published 2026 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Searching for Sky 3.71 avg rating — 1,503 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“ ... sometimes we breathe because we have to, not because we want to ...”
― Jillian Cantor, Margot

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“Lying can be a second skin, but when you are called out on that lie, it can become all too easy for that skin to start to peel away.”
― Jillian Cantor, Margot

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“Whereas it was so hard for people to break, but we could get sick or die in what seemed like a matter of seconds.”
― Jillian Cantor, The Life of Glass

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Polls

August BoTM Nominations ~ Historical Fiction ~1st Poll
Top 5 Books Move Onto Final Round

Black Cake

by Charmaine Wilkerson

4 votes, 13.8%

The Last House on the Street

by Diane Chamberlain

4 votes, 13.8%

Mustard Seed

by Laila Ibrahim

3 votes, 10.3%

The Weight of Ink

by Rachel Kadish

3 votes, 10.3%

Flight of the Sparrow

by Amy Belding Brown

3 votes, 10.3%

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead

3 votes, 10.3%

The House Girl

by Tara Conklin

2 votes, 6.9%

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

by Lisa See

2 votes, 6.9%

Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas

by Gill Paul

1 vote, 3.4%

Harlem Shuffle

by Colson Whitehead

1 vote, 3.4%

The Lost Letter

by Jillian Cantor

1 vote, 3.4%

The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell

by William Klaber

1 vote, 3.4%

Song Yet Sung

by James McBride

1 vote, 3.4%

A Prayer for Owen Meany

by John Irving

0 votes, 0.0%

29 total votes

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message 2: by Shalonda (last edited Feb 15, 2010 09:09PM)

Feb 15, 2010 08:06PM

Hey Hey Jillian. Just stopping to wish you agreat week. I hope that all is well and that you are feeling awesome! Peace And thanks for the friendship!

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