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Marie Benedict

Biography

Marie Benedict

Marie Benedict is a lawyer with more than 10 years’ experience as a litigator. A graduate of Boston College and the Boston University School of Law, she is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of THE MITFORD AFFAIR, HER HIDDEN GENIUS, THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN and THE FIRST LADIES (with Victoria Christopher Murray), THE MYSTERY OF MRS. CHRISTIE, LADY CLEMENTINE, THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM, CARNEGIE'S MAID and THE OTHER EINSTEIN. All have been translated into multiple languages. She lives in Pittsburgh with her family.

Books by Marie Benedict

by Marie Benedict - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict comes an explosive novel of history's most notorious sisters, one of whom will have to choose: her country or her sisters?

by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

From the New York Times bestselling authors of the "Good Morning America" Book Club pick THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN comes a novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune --- an unlikely friendship that changed the world.

by Marie Benedict - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Marie Benedict's powerful novel shines a light on a woman who sacrificed her life to discover the nature of our very DNA, a woman whose world-changing contributions were hidden by the men around her but whose relentless drive advanced our understanding of humankind.

by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray have penned the remarkable story of J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation.

by Marie Benedict - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery

The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM returns with a thrilling reconstruction of one of the most notorious events in literary history: Agatha Christie's mysterious 11-day disappearance in 1926.

by Marie Benedict - Fiction, Historical Fiction

From Marie Benedict, the New York Times bestselling author of THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM, comes an incredible novel that focuses on one of the people who had the most influence during World War I and World War II: Clementine Churchill.

by Marie Benedict - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM is a powerful novel based on the incredible true story of Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon and scientist whose groundbreaking invention revolutionized modern communication.