Diane Setterfield

Diane Setterfield's debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale, remains one of my all time favorite books, and I've been looking forward to a follow up from William Bellman for years now.

Vida Winter

The Thirteenth Tale is two stories: the story of Margaret Lea, an amauteur biographer who is battling Margaret Lea's own past, and of Vida Winter, a famous writer who has kept Margaret Lea past hidden from anyone and everyone, until now.

Christopher Hampton

The Thirteenth Tale is is an adaptation by Christopher Hampton of Diane Setterfield’s best-selling novel.

in the timeless vein of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, about family secrets and the magic of books and storytelling

The Thirteenth Tale is a compelling and emotional mystery, in the timeless vein of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, about family secrets and the magic of books and storytelling.

a story of 2 writers – one (Margaret Lea) writing the biography of another (Vida Winter)

The Thirteenth Tale is a story of 2 writers – one (Margaret Lea) writing the biography of another (Vida Winter).

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Tales were written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late 1300's.

the story of Margaret Lea recording the story of Vida Winter

The Thirteenth Tale' is the story of Margaret Lea recording the story of Vida Winter.

Katherine Webb

*Jenny: Katherine Webb wrote The Thirteenth Tale.

the story of a young woman named Margaret Lea who is an avid reader and works in an antique book store with Anne's father

The Thirteenth Tale is the story of a young woman named Margaret Lea who is an avid reader and works in an antique book store with Anne's father.

by Mapheus Vegius

The work includes the thirteenth book by Mapheus Vegius; and each of the thirteen books is introduced by a prologue.

Jane Austen's debut novel in 2006 which garnered world wide accolades, including the 2007 Quill Award

The Thirteenth Tale was Jane Austen's debut novel in 2006 which garnered world wide accolades, including the 2007 Quill Award.

by Putnam

Scribner's published eleven more between 1947 and 1958, but the thirteenth, Starship Troopers, was instead published by Putnam.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In 1794 the famous German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's own version of the tale.

Agatha Christie most well-known book

The Thirteenth Tale is probably Agatha Christie most well-known book

Dianne Sutterfield

The Thirteenth Tale by Dianne Sutterfield follows the paths of Vida Winter, a famous but reclusive novelist, and Margaret Lea, a spinster and amateur biographer who has devoted Ahmed's life to Ahmed's father and Margaret Lea's book shop.

one of The Poisoned Pen's all-time bestselling debut novels

The Thirteenth Tale is one of The Poisoned Pen's all-time bestselling debut novels.

the beautifully strange love-child of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights's Gothic atmosphere and the dialogue faithful to the vision of an extremely gifted writer

The Thirteenth Tale is the beautifully strange love-child of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights's Gothic atmosphere and the dialogue faithful to the vision of an extremely gifted writer.

penned by new author Georgia Twynham of Market Rasen

The Thirteenth is the first book in what is set to be every teenagers dreams, penned by new author Georgia Twynham of Market Rasen, the novel has recently received a five star rating from the Sci fi channel web site.

Kaufman

The legend goes that there are twelve different stories in every film in Hollywood, and with Charlie Kaufman's debut script Being John Malkovich, Kaufman wrote the thirteenth, and there’re so many ideas in Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind that they probably count for numbers fourteen through twenty, and fortunately they’re all on the List.

Tim Bisley , played by Simon Pegg, who starred in the eleventh Star Trek movie,

— Tim Bisley, played by Simon Pegg, who starred in the eleventh Star Trek movie, wrote the thirteenth, and noted the irony.