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Elizabeth Kostova

Born	December 26, 1964 (1964-12-26) (age 43) New London, Connecticut
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	United States
Writing period	1995 - present
Genres	Historical adventure
Notable work(s)	The Historian

Elizabeth Johnson Kostova (born December 26, 1964) is an American author. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. New London is a seaport city and a Port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction The Historian is a 2005 Novel by Elizabeth Kostova about a Quest, reaching through the past five centuries for the historical Vlad Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Elizabeth Johnson was born in New London, Connecticut and is a graduate of Yale University. New London is a seaport city and a Port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States She holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won the Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress. In the United States, a Master of Fine Arts ( MFA) is a Graduate degree typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the Bachelor's degree The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research The Hopwood Awards are a major scholarship program at the University of Michigan, founded by Avery Hopwood. Her first novel, The Historian, was published in 2005, and it has become a best-seller. The Historian is a 2005 Novel by Elizabeth Kostova about a Quest, reaching through the past five centuries for the historical Vlad

Kostova's novel, The Historian

Set in four time periods - 1930s, the 1950s, around 1973, and the author's "present day", 2005 - this intriguing book tells the interweaving stories of a young girl in a quest over many parts of Europe to find out about her father's travels in the 1950s and beyond, in addition to those of his mentor, Professor Rossi, in the 1930s; to unravel the secrets her father and Professor Rossi has discovered; and, in the 1970s, to find her father who has disappeared ostensibly searching for her missing mother, about whom she knows almost nothing.

She wrote The Historian over the course of ten years. The initial flame was sparked by stories told to her by her father, a professor, who used to regale her with stories of the vampiric kind while travelling Europe. Kostova was inspired to base much of the book in Bulgaria by her Bulgarian husband Georgi Kostov. The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian ^[1]

The rights to publish The Historian were purchased by Little, Brown and Co. for $2 million. Little Brown and Company is a publishing house established by Charles Coffin Little and his partner James Brown. Sony has since purchased the movie rights for $1. 5 million. Douglas Wick, producer of Memoirs of a Geisha and Gladiator has signed on to produce the film. Douglas Wick (born November 30, 1954) is an American movie producer whose work includes producing the Academy Award -winning Memoirs of a Geisha is an Academy-Award -winning movie adaptation of the novel of the same name, produced by Steven Spielberg 's Amblin Gladiator is a 2000 Epic film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen

In late 2006, Kostova went on an international book tour for The Historian's paperback version. It has been published in 28 languages.

Connection with Bulgaria

Elizabeth Kostova first went to Bulgaria in 1989 when she was engaged in a university study of the East European folklore. The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian That trip influenced The Historian by providing it with a setting (one third of the novel takes place in Bulgaria in the very period of her visit) and because it is very close to Transylvania - the birthplace of Dracula. The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Transylvania (Ardeal or ro ''Transilvania'' Erdély, see also other denominations) is a Central European region located in the eastern half of the Carpathian Also during this trip she met her husband - Georgi Kostov. She now often travels to Bulgaria with him.

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NAME	Kostova, Elizabeth
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	Author
DATE OF BIRTH	August 4, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	New London, Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH
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Kostova's novel, The Historian

Connection with Bulgaria

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