About

Laurie Viera Rigler’s best-selling novels CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT and RUDE AWAKENINGS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT (Dutton / Plume) could have been considered semi-autobiographical had they not involved time travel and body switching.

Her short story, INTOLERABLE STUPIDITY, in which Mr. Darcy brings charges against all the writers of Pride and Prejudice sequels, spin-offs and retellings, appears in the anthology JANE AUSTEN MADE ME DO IT (Ballantine). Laurie is also the creator of the Babelgum Original web series SEX AND THE AUSTEN GIRL, which was inspired by her Austen Addict novels.

Laurie's novels have also been published in the UK (Bloomsbury), France (Bragelonne), Italy (Sperling & Kupfer), and the Netherlands (Archipel).

CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT won a Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award, and RUDE AWAKENINGS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT was nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Mainstream Fiction. CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT was also nominated for The Jane Austen Centre’s award for Best New Fiction.

Having spent a few years writing her first novel and reading too many proclamations about how aspiring novelists were more likely to win the lottery than ever get published, Laurie is passionate about encouraging other writers. In addition to working on her next two novels, Laurie provides developmental editing services to authors of fiction and nonfiction. She has also given talks and taught workshops in storytelling technique and publishing strategies, including classes at Vroman’s, Southern California’s oldest and largest independent bookstore.

Other Works

  • Jane Austen Made Me Do It

    2011
  • Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict

    2007