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RITA awardNO GOOD GIRLS is a DOUBLE FINALIST
in the Romance Writers of America’s coveted 2009 RITA® AWARDS!

Nominated for BEST FIRST NOVEL
and CONTEMPORARY SINGLE TITLE ROMANCE.


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Save the Date - AUTHORS NIGHT 2009!

logoJean Marie Pierson will appear again at East Hampton's Authors Night.

Authors Night at the East Hampton Library
* The Literary Event of the Hamptons *

Saturday, August 8
5:30pm

Authors Night is East Hampton Library's annual literary celebration and fundraiser. Meet an author and get a book autographed! More details at: www.authorsnight.org

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Long Island Author Guild Book Fair at Pindar Vineyards

Come meet Jean Marie Pierson, New York Times Bestselling author, Bertrice Small
and members of the Long Island Romance Writers at

Pindar Vineyards

Sunday, June 21, 2009
2:00pm – 4:00pm

pindar wines

A good bottle of wine and a great book for the weekend.
What can be better?

A portion of the proceeds from all book sales go to Literacy Suffolk,
a non-profit organization geared to promoting literary on Long Island.

For more information go to www.pindar.net

 

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Jean Marie Pierson featured in "On the Jitney" magazine

On the Jitney CoverClick below to read an interview with Jean Marie Pierson in
Issue 9, of ON THE JITNEY,

The exclusive publication for the Hampton Jitney



Click here to download pdf (8.5 MB)

Or visit the archives section of www.onthejitney.com

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Trashionista.com gives No Good Girls 4/5 Stars

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"I requested this book after seeing the fabby book trailer and I must say, I wasn't disappointed.

It is, however, a classic case of the wrong cover being slapped on a book. It's garish, uses cartoon - a pet hate of mine - and simply doesn't match the content. No Good Girls is about a group of female best friends in New York and it is funnier, snarkier and quirkier than the cover suggests..." Go to Trashionista.com to Read More

Posted by Sarah Painter on April 10, 2008 in American Authors, Book covers, Rating: 4/5

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Galley Cat features the No Good Girls Book Trailer Moviecat

"...some of the best production values I've seen in a book trailer so far."

read the article: Finding the Short Film in Your Novel (for Less!)

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More Lenz Winery booksigning photos

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Left: Jean Marie Pierson (photo by Jennifer Fanning)
Right: Ethan (photo by Elizabeth Laible)

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Dan's Hamptons.com

NF Native Writes Book About Manhattan
Jean Marie Pierson's Book Signing Held At Lenz Winery Was A Tremendous Success
By David Lion Rattiner

It was an absolutely wonderful evening at Lenz Winery in Peconic. The vineyard itself is stunning, with an amazing tasting room that captures that magical balance between man and nature that the North Fork is famous for. But this wasn't just a visit to the winery, this was the opportunity to meet and greet author Jean Marie Pierson, whose book "No Good Girls" is selling in bookstores all over the country. Read more

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Left: Jean Marie Pierson and Dorothy Dean Thomas, Director Of Marketing For Lenz Winery
Middle: Zareen Jaffery, Stephanie Blumfeld, Maureen Howard, Mariam Parker
Right: Jean Marie Pierson

photos courtesy of Dan's Hamptons
Issue #48, March 7th, 2008

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Dan's Hamptons, Blog Hampton

New Writer, Lenz Winery, Love It
March 4th, 2008

hamptonblogThere is a new writer for the East End and her name is Jean Marie Pierson. The launch of her new novel, No Good Girls has been a wonderful success. The North Fork Native and Manhatanite had a book party last Saturday at a packed and beautiful Lenz Winery. No Good Girls is a charming and hysterical book about a young single woman living in Manhattan. The wine at Lenz was wonderful and the vibe couldn���t have been any better for Jean and her book. Every copy brought to the event was sold. Looks like No Good Girls author is a super good writer! Congrats!


Visit Hampton Blog to view a video interview with Jean

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Romantic Reviews Today

March 20th, 2008

New York City ~ Present Day

xGeri O’Brien’s goal in life is to be a published screenwriter, all the while she hopes to find the man of her dreams. She’s received as many rejections from publishers as she has from men, which still hasn’t put any damper on her spirit. She plugs away at her job at a children’s publisher and spends her free time with her friends, Emmy, Maria and Sally. Meanwhile, Geri has a crush on her neighbor, Todd, who always looks to her when he needs his car fixed. When he asks her to meet him at a bar…ooh la la…things just might be looking up in the men department. Well, things don’t move as fast in Geri’s life as she wishes, even if she is living the New York minute.

Geri grew up an only child with a father who had to raise her single-handedly after her mother left, and it has left its mark. Trying to achieve love and happiness is not easy for Geri, since everyone is too busy trying to survive in the concrete jungle known as New York City. Emmy and Maria are Geri’s childhood friends who support her in her quest for stardom and love. Emmy herself hasn’t forgotten the boy who would never look at her in high school. Well, he’s in New York now and finally paying attention to Emmy. Will she get the man she wants? Maria just wants to be the best damn cop she can be. Right now, she’s involved in an ongoing case which weaves itself into the plot of NO GOOD GIRLS to provide a touch of suspense. Sally is Geri’s coworker and is just looking for a man and has a big dating book to show for it. Will she find love in the most unexpected place?

NO GOOD GIRLS is a chick lit book with a romantic side. Geri might be single and living in New York, but she hasn’t given up on finding Mr. Right. With Todd in her sights, plus J.T., a man she’s made up in her dreams, one can picture Geri sighing in the moonlight while gazing dreamily at the sky. Add in her gaggle of friends and other supporting characters, NO GOOD GIRLS is an entertaining read that is well-rounded and fresh. This is Jean Marie Pierson’s debut novel, and with the launch of NO GOOD GIRLS, she shows readers an endearingly unique voice with a funny plot.

Get a glimpse into the life of a writer wannabe in New York, her bumpy road to romance, and the friends going along for the ride. Pick up NO GOOD GIRLS today.

--Patti Fischer

www.romrevtoday.com

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Romantic Times Review

Romatic Times, March 2008
RT Rating: Four Stars

Debut author Pierson shines with this look at one woman's struggle to achieve success in the world of book publishing. The search for someone special in a city of millions is the perfect backdrop for this story of friends whose bond endures through the ups and downs in their love lives.

Summary: Geri O'Brien, an aspiring writer, works for a Manhattan publisher. Despite her lack of a love life, Geri is fortunate to have the support of her roommate, Emmy, and their mutual friends Maria and Sally.

Geri is considering quitting her job when she discovers that she's been promoted. In addition to her professional success, she soon begins dating Todd, a man in her building who recently broke up with his longtime girlfriend. But as their relationship begins its predictable roller-coaster ride, Geri must discover what she truly wants from life. (love spell, Mar., 368 pp., $6.99)

—Sheri Melnick

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Dorchester Publishing

No Good Girls Book and Trailer - The Making-Of
by Jean Marie Pierson

My main character, Geri O'Brien, does not fall far from my tree. No Good Girls is the story about a frustrated screenplay writer who works in the marketing department of a major children'ss publishing house in New York City. My first five years in Manhattan were spent much the same way although I worked in the contract department (still do) and had a boss that looked and smelt nothing like Hedda. Even though I worked with books, my degree at Penn State was in Film and Video production and coming out of school I didn't think I was old or wise enough to write a novel. When I pictured a novelist I did not see me. I saw older women with glasses and a gray skunk stripe or men who looked like Ernest Hemingway. They smoked pipes, drank brandy and considered Ulysses a beach read. That's who I thought a novelist should be. My passion and education was in writing screenplays so in the course of five years I wrote three of them. It wasn't until I realized that my stories might not see the light of day if I kept them in screenplay format that I decided to try my hand at writing a novel. Read more

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