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Marti Leimbach (born July 16, 1963) is an American fiction writer. Her first novel, Dying Young (1990), was an international bestseller and the basis of the film, Dying Young, starring Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott and Vincent D'Onofrio.

Marti Leimbach's other novels include Sun Dial Street (1992) and Love and Houses (1997), after which she took time away from writing when her youngest child was diagnosed with autism. Later she wrote Daniel Isn't Talking (2006), which by her own admission contains some autobiographical information derived from her real-life experience as a mother of an autistic child. Daniel Isn’t Talking was optioned by Fox 2000 with a film planned for 2010.

Born in Washington, D.C. in 1963 to Mary Leimbach, a news reporter, and Leonard Leimbach, who died when the author was four years old. Leimbach’s first novel, which centers around the death of a young man, was written while her own mother was dying. In an interview with Marian Christy of The Boston Globe, she expressed regret that neither of her parents had lived to see her first publication.

Marti Leimbach attended Winston Churchill High School, then Harvard University, where she received a BA in English and American Literature and Language. She was a Regent's Fellow at the University of California, Irvine, where she wrote Dying Young.

Her most recent novel, The Man From Saigon, is published in the United Kingdom by Fourth Estate/Harper Collins in 2009 and in the United States by Nan A. Talese/Random House in 2010. In 2009, Leimbach donated the short story Boys in Cars to Oxfam's 'Ox-Tales' project, four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. Her story was published in the 'Earth' collection.

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Total Books: 37
Dragonfly Girl
2021 - Dragonfly Girl (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780062995865
ISBN-10: 0062995863
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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Age of Consent A Novel
2017 - Age of Consent a Novel (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781101971376
ISBN-10: 1101971371
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Age of Consent
2016 - Age of Consent (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780007307098
ISBN-10: 0007307098
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The Man From Saigon A Novel
2011 - The Man From Saigon a Novel (Paperback)Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780307472168
ISBN-10: 0307472167
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Daniel no habla/ Daniel Isn't Talking
2007 - Daniel No Habla/ Daniel Isn't Talking [Spanish Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9788496968004
ISBN-10: 8496968006
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Daniel Isn't Talking
2007 - Daniel Isn't Talking (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780007217014
ISBN-10: 0007217013
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Daniel Isn't Talking
2007 - Daniel Isn't Talking (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780307275721
ISBN-10: 0307275728
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 43

Daniel Isn't Talking
2007 - Daniel Isn't Talking (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780771052033
ISBN-10: 0771052030
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Perch non parli
2006 - Perch Non Parli (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788884517258
ISBN-10: 8884517257
Genre: Romance
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Falling Backwards
2002 - Falling Backwards (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780330375979
ISBN-10: 0330375970
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Liebe und Huser
2000 - Liebe Und Huser (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783499262623
ISBN-10: 3499262622
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LOVE AND HOUSES
1997 - Love and Houses (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780684836706
ISBN-10: 068483670X
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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Dying Young
1991 - Dying Young (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780804107433
ISBN-10: 0804107432
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
  • Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
 21

Wen die Gtter lieben Roman
1990 - Wen Die Gtter Lieben Roman (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783805204910
ISBN-10: 3805204914
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Roberto Hamster on a Mission
Roberto Hamster on a Mission (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780954804107
ISBN-10: 0954804104
Genre: Children's Books
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Morir Joven
Morir Joven [Spanish Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9788474444032
ISBN-10: 8474444039
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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