About the Author
Catherine Kelly Hemingway is a first-time author of The Matchmaker of Pemberley, An Amorous Sequel to All Jane Austen’s Novels. After decades as a global marketing leader for major technology companies, a role that allowed frequent visits to England, she turned her interest in Jane Austen into a passion. Guided by a British friend who attended the same school as Jane Austen in Reading, she also visited Bath, Chawton, and Winchester while immersing herself in multiple readings of the canon along with various biographies, Austen-country travel guides, and related works of other authors. With time on her hands during the pandemic in 2020, she was captivated by the idea of bringing together characters from all six novels and felt compelled to write her first novel. She is admittedly addicted to Austen and working on a sequel.
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Reviews
Ms. Hemmingway takes us on a fun and interesting journey following the paths of the characters. She does a fabulous job of portraying the norms of the period without imposing her 21st century mindframe. The read is challenging at times due to the number of characters and their relationships, but that makes it all the more fun. I've read the book twice, and I have been inspired to go back and read the Austen novels I loved and to read the ones I have not. With this project, she is bringing her passion to us all in a very skilled way.
SUSAN Y.
Novel Coronavirus Begets Novel Jane Austen Adaptation
By Catherine Kelly Hemingway
What did you do when the Coronavirus besieged the entire world and left you housebound and restless? Did you start baking sourdough bread? Were you inclined to take up knitting or to embrace the challenges of 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles? Perhaps you binge-watched Jane Austen's films or re-read her novels for the umpteenth time. I did something I had never ever contemplated doing. I wrote a 27-chapter Jane Austen adaptation in two months. As it happens, I’ve never read a Jane Austen fan fiction novel and I wasn’t even aware the genre existed. I just lived in my own private world of fandom, reading and rereading her books and information about her life. What possessed me to undertake such a project? I felt a bit like Alice in Wonderland looking down the rabbit hole. I had conjured an idea that caused me to peek over the edge, much like Alice.