Monica Hesse

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Monica Hesse

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Monica Hesse is the national bestselling author of the true crime love story American Fire, and the historical mystery novel Girl in the Blue Coat, which has been translated into a dozen languages and won the 2017 Edgar award in the Young Adult category. She is a feature writer for the Washington Post, where she has been a winner of the Society for Feature Journalism's Narrative Storytelling award, and a finalist for a Livingston Award and a James Beard Award. Monica lives in Maryland. with her husband and a brainiac dog.
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Average rating: 4.01 · 73,720 ratings · 8,937 reviews · 9 distinct worksSimilar authors
Girl in the Blue Coat

4.04 avg rating — 39,359 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions
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American Fire: Love, Arson,...

3.79 avg rating — 15,837 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions
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They Went Left

4.25 avg rating — 13,604 ratings — published 2020 — 29 editions
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The War Outside

3.78 avg rating — 4,654 ratings — published 2018 — 20 editions
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Stray (Stray, #1)

3.84 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions
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Burn (Stray, #2)

3.95 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions
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The Brightwood Code

4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — expected publication 2024 — 3 editions
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Het meisje in de blauwe jas

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Monica Hesse Collection

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“My heart will still ache sometimes. Maybe more often than not. I think it's possible to be healed without feeling whole.”
Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat

“But when it comes down to it, we all die alone.”
Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat

“Maybe we can't barter our feelings away, trading good deeds for bad ones and expecting to become whole.”
Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat

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