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Chasing Shakespeares

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Joe has a letter from William Shakespeare.
Posy has a tattoo.
Which would you rather see?
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Two graduate students, not alike in dignity.  Joe's a poor boy from Vermont who's found a letter from William Shakespeare--saying he didn't write the plays.  Posy's a Hollywood producer's daughter from Harvard, she's never met a high concept she didn't like, and she likes this one.

Joe wants to save Shakespeare.  
Posy wants to make the movie.  
And Joe has a week to prove her wrong...but he hasn't counted on Posy.  Or himself.

"Marjorie Garber, meet Reese Witherspoon"--The New York Times

""The best book about the Bard since Anthony Burgess's Nothing Like the Sun"--Samuel R. Delany

"Wonderfully entertaining, thought-provoking, and highly readable--a stunning combination of fascinating fact and exciting fiction.”--Sir Derek Jacobi 

“Smart, sexy modern-day mystery reminiscent of A.S. Byatt’s Possession”--Boston Globe 

“A remarkable achievement, blending history and fantasy, past and present, ideas and emotions into a seamless whole that is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking.”:--Iain Pears, author of An Instance of the Fingerpost 

A Village Voice Summer Read--NEIBA Bestseller--Detroit Free Press four stars 

DVD Extras


  • See the first pages on Amazon
  • Why is there an authorship controversy?
  • What's real, what's not?  
  • Three Shakespeare mysteries: Shakespeare's library
  • Three Shakespeare mysteries: Dating Shakespeare's plays
  • Three Shakespeare mysteries: When did Shakespeare die?
  • The footnotes
  • The poem
  • Cast of characters
  • Chasing Shakespeares is a play!
  • Glad to talk about this anytime!
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