title: Wild Women and Books: Bibliophiles, Bluestockings & Prolific Pens
author:  Brenda Knight 
description: <DIV> Brenda Knight is the author of <i>Women Who Love Books Too Much</i> and <i>Women of the Beat Generation</i>, winner of an American Book Award. A scholar of medieval literature and modern poetry, she lives in San Francisco, California. </DIV>
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  > > [Dedication](index_split_003.html#filepos2676)
  
  > > For all the bluestockings.
  
  > > And for Tony,
  
  > > who wooed me with books and
  
  > > who reads almost as fast as I do.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > > [Acknowledgments](index_split_003.html#filepos2795)
  
  WHILE I AM tempted to take sole credit for this book, I cannot. I am
  completely indebted to Sara Jane Stone, Amanda Kimble-Evans, and Tony Haile,
  who read early drafts and offered valuable feedback.
  
  Many thanks to the team at Avon for getting my books into people’s hands,
  especially Jessie, Pam, Shawn, and Dana. Thank you to Tom for another gorgeous
  cover. Most of all, thank you to my lovely and talented editor, Tessa.
  
  I am grateful to my fellow authors Caroline Linden, Miranda Neville, and
  Katharine Ashe for friendship and conversations one can only have with other
  romance authors. When I need a break from the nineteenth century, I turn to my
  friends and fans on Facebook, who were tremendously helpful