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Douglas Kennedy
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Douglas Kennedy

Douglas Kennedy is the author of ten previous novels, including the international bestseller The Moment. His work has been translated into twenty-two languages, and in 2007 he received the French decoration of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et... Read full bio

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Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. Is there such a thing? Happiness, for me, is a moment here-and-there when everything that crowds your life drops away and you are simply aware of the pleasure of the moment. Or perhaps it's walking Popham Beach near my house in Maine - and the most beautiful...
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The Atria Summer 2013 Beach-Read Bag will be released on June 04, 2013 in eBook
May 23, 2013
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Chapter 1 from Five Days
May 23, 2013
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May 07, 2013
Five Days will be released on April 30, 2013 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 30, 2013
Five Days is now available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
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The Douglas Kennedy Collection #2 will be released on March 26, 2013 in eBook
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The Douglas Kennedy Reader's Companion will be released on March 26, 2013 in eBook
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The Douglas Kennedy Reader's Companion is now available in eBook
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The Douglas Kennedy Collection #2 is now available in eBook
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Douglas Kennedy Revealed

Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Nick Carraway in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' - the eternal, discerning observer. Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. My profession is that of a novelist. My avocational interests are: cinema, classical music, jazz, and - of course - the world of books. Q. What do you regret most? A. That I stayed in a marriage without real love for far too many years. But two wonderful children came out of that marriage - so, as such, my regrets are really nominal ones. Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning", "Someone to Watch Over Me". "Summertime", "Finishing the Hat" (from Sondheim's 'Sunday in the Park with George"), "With a Little Help From My Friends", "Now You Know" (from Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along") Learn more about Douglas Kennedy

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All4Women, May 7, 2013
...Days is one of the most poignant and beautifully crafted novels I've read in ages Written by Douglas Kennedy (best-selling author of The Moment and The Pursuit of Happiness), Five Days tells the story of a few days in the life of Laura - wife, mom and...
Irish Times, May 4, 2013
...be a popular novelist who’s also serious, or a serious novelist who’s also very accessible,’ says Douglas Kennedy. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Douglas Kennedy settles into a chair, polishes off an espresso and begins to talk about his new novel, Fi...
The Lady, April 19, 2013
...style, while at the same time describing the grim maelstrom of wartime living. Cara Purvis FIVE DAYS by Douglas Kennedy (Hutchinson, £9.99; offer price, £9.49) After a love story set in Cold- War Berlin, American writer Douglas Kennedy returns to...
The Independent, April 6, 2013
...London, New York or some bookish locale. Now it seems authors are global citizens. Inside the jacket of Douglas Kennedy's latest novel, Five Days, we learn that he "currently divides his time between London, Paris, Berlin, Maine and Montreal". Well he is...
Gladstone Observer, March 31, 2013
...middle of reading another amazing book by an author I've never read before - The Moment by Douglas Kennedy - a fascinating read about East Berlin before the wall came down. I put my new birthday book in the bookshelf, where it waited a week or two until...
Kilburn Times, March 29, 2013
...Douglas Kennedy will be giving a talk at Willesden Green Library Centre 4:00 PM Douglas Kennedy will also do a reading from his new book ‘Five Days’ To send a...
Telegraph, March 28, 2013
...Laura is someone who yearns to escape her world, and after 328 pages, youll want to, too. by Douglas Kennedy 328PP, Hutchinson, t 14.99 (PLUS 1.25 p&p) Buy now from Telegraph Books (RRP 16.99, ebook 6.43) Follow Telegraph Books on Twitter...
All4Women, May 7, 2013
...Days is one of the most poignant and beautifully crafted novels I've read in ages Written by Douglas Kennedy (best-selling author of The Moment and The Pursuit of Happiness), Five Days tells the story of a few days in the life of Laura - wife, mom and...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, May 5, 2013
...backing down in the case. Kennedy is the daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Her brother, Douglas Kennedy, was acquitted in November of charges he endangered his newborn son and harassed nurses who tried to stop him from taking the boy outside...
Irish Times, May 4, 2013
...be a popular novelist who’s also serious, or a serious novelist who’s also very accessible,’ says Douglas Kennedy. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Douglas Kennedy settles into a chair, polishes off an espresso and begins to talk about his new novel, Fi...
HamptonRoads.com, May 3, 2013
...browser. Pictured are, from left, Victim Witness Supervisor Corey Burdin, May Tsai Hou, Victim Witness Caseworker Suzanne Seidel, Douglas Kennedy, U.S. Marshal Eastern District of Virginia Robert W. Mathieson, Seth Biggs, Craig McMillan, Rose Mary...
American Banker, May 2, 2013
...latest in a series of executive changes at Peapack-Gladstone. In October it named former Capital One (COF) executive Douglas Kennedy as its chief executive, and in November President and Chief Operating Officer Robert Rogers resigned. Kennedy succeeded...
New Zealand Woman's Weekly, May 1, 2013
...especially when it’s bad news. Laura longs to travel from her home state of Maine (where author Douglas Kennedy also comes from) but doesn’t even have a passport. She’s been looking forward to a weekend medical conference in Boston and that’s...
Irish Independent, April 29, 2013
...FIVE DAYS DOUGLAS KENNEDY HUTCHINSON, €11.99 Email Print Font Size A few months ago, I read an interview with Maurice Saatchi about his late Irish-born wife Josephine Hart and his monumental love...