Mrs.

Poe
By Lynn Cullen

Part romance, part mystery, part biography, this
fictional reenactment of the mistress of Edgar Allan
Poe escorts you into the glittering world of New York
in the 1840s, when poets were celebrities and the
admission of emotionslike silk gowns and glossy
beaver hatswere a luxury. When we meet Frances
Osgood, her husband has abandoned her. Day to day
she tries to peddle her poetry to various editors, while
struggling to keep up social pretenses and raise her
two daughters. A chance meeting with Poe at a literary
salon draws her into a not-so-healthy relationship with
both him and his much younger, very ill wifethe
latter of whom recognizes Frances as a credible threat
to her marriage and tries to combat it with
friendship
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Lynn Cullen grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is the author of Reign of Madness, a 2011
Best of the South selection by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and 2012 Townsend Prize
finalist, and The Creation of Eve, named among the best fiction books of 2010
by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and an Indie Next selection. She is also the
author of numerous award-winning books for children, including the young
adult novel I Am Rembrandts Daughter, which was a 2007 Barnes & Noble
Discover Great New Writers selection and an ALA Best Book of 2008. She
lives in Atlanta with her husband, their dog, and two unscrupulous cats.


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Click here to access the first two chapters of Mrs. Poe.