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THE SECRETS OF LOVELACE ACADEMY de Marie Benedict et Courtney Sheinmel

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and Courtney Sheinmel comes a historical adventure about a young girl plucked from a London orphanage to begin attending a boarding school with more secrets than she could imagine—perfect for fans of Enola Holmes.

THE SECRETS OF LOVELACE ACADEMY (Book 1)
by Marie Benedict and Courtney Sheinmel
Aladdin (Simon & Schuster), April 2025
(via Laura Dail Literary Agency)

London, 1904.

Lainey Phillips has lived at the Sycamore Home for Orphaned Children since she was three years old. Now nearly a teenager, her life is difficult, and she doesn’t expect it to get better—until a chance encounter during an open house changes everything when Lainey meets a woman who invites her to attend the prestigious Lovelace Academy.

Fitting in amongst the many privileged students at Lovelace Academy proves challenging in a different way, though. Terrified she’ll be cast out of the academy, Lainey grabs the chance to prove herself by traveling to Switzerland to witness a female scientist craft a groundbreaking theory. The journey that includes a train, a ferry, and a mysterious boy named Gen is treacherous, but the real test is what awaits her at the home of Mileva Maric, wife of Albert Einstein.

Marie Benedict is the New York Times bestselling author of several adult books of historical fiction, including The Other Einstein, the inspiration for this book. She found her calling unearthing the hidden historical stories of women. Her mission is to excavate from the past the most important, complex, and fascinating women of history and bring them into the light of present day where readers can finally perceive the breadth of their contributions as well as the insights they bring to modern day issues. THE SECRETS OF LOVELACE ACADEMY, written with Courtney Sheinmel, is her first book for kids. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Courtney Sheinmel is the author of nearly thirty books for kids and teens, including the acclaimed Stella Batts and My Pet Slime series for young readers. Her book, Helen Keller, was part of Chelsea Clinton’s She Persisted series. Courtney received a National Scholastic Outstanding Educator Award for her work as a writing instructor at the non-profit Writopia Lab. She lives in New York City.

THE MITFORD AFFAIR de Marie Benedict

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict—an explosive novel of history’s most notorious sisters, one of whom will have to choose: Her country or her family?

THE MITFORD AFFAIR
by Marie Benedict
Sourcebooks, January 2023
(via Laura Dail Literary)

Between the World Wars, the six Mitford sisters—each more beautiful, brilliant, and eccentric than the next—dominate the English political, literary, and social scenes. Though they’ve weathered scandals before, the family falls into disarray when Diana divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist leader and Unity follows her sister’s lead all the way to Munich, inciting rumors that she’s become Hitler’s mistress.
As the Nazis rise in power, novelist Nancy Mitford grows suspicious of her sisters’ constant visits to Germany and the high-ranking fascist company they keep. When she overhears alarming conversations and uncovers disquieting documents, Nancy must make excruciating choices as Great Britain goes to war with Germany.
Probing the torrid political climate in the lead-up to World War II and the ways that seemingly sensible people can be sucked into radical action, THE MITFORD AFFAIR follows Nancy’s valiant efforts to stop the Nazis from taking over Great Britain in whatever way she can. As she makes the decision between loyalty to her country and allegiance to her family—questioning herself in the process—Nancy learns exactly how personal is the political.

Marie Benedict is a lawyer with more than ten years’ experience as a litigator at two of the country’s premier law firms and for Fortune 500 companies. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College with a focus in history and art history and a cum laude graduate of the Boston University School of Law. Marie, the author of The Other Einstein, Carnegie’s Maid, The Only Woman in the Room, and Lady Clementine, views herself as an archaeologist of sorts, telling the untold stories of women. She lives in Pittsburgh with her family.

HER HIDDEN GENIUS de Marie Benedict

Discover the story of a woman who fought through a male-dominated field to unlock the secrets of DNA. The next big book by the New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie and The Only Woman in the Room.

HER HIDDEN GENIUS
by Marie Benedict
Sourcebooks, January 2022

Rosalind Franklin knows if she just takes one more x-ray picture—one more after thousands—she can unlock the building blocks of life. Never again will she have to listen to her male colleagues complain about her, especially Maurice Wilkins who’d rather conspire about genetics with James Watson and Francis Crick than work alongside her. Then it finally happens—the double helix structure of DNA reveals itself to her with perfect clarity. Photograph 51. But Rosalind never could have predicted how far her colleagues would go to erase her names from the history books. Marie Benedict’s next powerful novel shines a light on a woman who died to discover our very DNA, a woman whose contributions to science were suppressed by the men around her but whose relentless drive advanced our understanding of humankind.

THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN de Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

Given unmatched power in New York society as J.P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle daCosta Greene’s carefree and privileged lifestyle belies the carefully hidden secret that she is passing as a white woman.

THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN
by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
Berkley/PRH, Summer 2021

The Personal Librarian is the stunning story of Belle da Costa Greene, a young woman who is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly-built Morgan Library. In this position, Belle becomes a fixture in New York society and the most influential woman in the art and book world. But Belle has a secret. She was not born Belle da Costa Greene, but Belle Marion Greener. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first black graduate of Harvard. Belle’s complexion isn’t dark because of her alleged Portuguese heritage, but because she is African-American.

This riveting novel shares the life of a woman, famous for her bohemian lifestyle and for bold statements like “just because I’m a librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one”—and how far she will go to protect her carefully crafted white identity from a racist world. It also explores the irony that the world-famous Morgan Library was due to the expertise and prowess of a woman of color.

Marie Benedict is the author of the USA Today bestselling The Other Einstein, Carnegie’s Maid, and of The Only Woman in the Room which spent 4 weeks on the New York Times list earlier this year. With over one million books in print, Marie’s co-author, Victoria Christopher Murray is one of the country’s top African American contemporary authors. She has written more than twenty novels and is also a four-time NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Fiction, winning in 2016 for Stand Your Ground.