We wrap up this year’s Holiday Author Blog series with Allison Pataki, the New York Times bestselling author of THE TRAITOR'S WIFE, THE ACCIDENTAL EMPRESS, SISI, THE QUEEN'S FORTUNE and THE MAGNIFICENT LIVES OF MARJORIE POST, as well as the memoir BEAUTY IN THE BROKEN PLACES. Her upcoming novel, FINDING MARGARET FULLER, publishes on March 19th and is an epic imagining of the life of Margaret Fuller --- America’s forgotten leading lady and the central figure of a movement that defined a nation. In 1985, Allison’s aunt gave her and her siblings a copy of the just-released THE POLAR EXPRESS for Christmas. It quickly became a Christmas Eve tradition that her family would gather around and read Chris Van Allsburg’s beloved book before bedtime. What a joyous, comforting and emotional experience it was…and continues to be!
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February's Books on Screen roundup includes the season premieres of "The Last Thing He Told Me" on Apple TV+, "The Lincoln Lawyer" and the second part of "Bridgerton" on Netflix, "Cross" on Prime Video, and "Dark Winds" on AMC; the series premieres of FX's "Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette" and Prime Video's "56 Days"; the season finales of "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" on HBO Max and "The Night Manager" on Prime Video; the theatrical releases of Crime 101, Dracula, “Wuthering Heights”, Cold Storage and Midwinter Break; the continuation of ABC's "Will Trent" and Hallmark's "When Calls the Heart"; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Regretting You and Nuremberg.