Deborah Yaffe (born 1965) is the author of two books, most recently and prominently the book ''Among the Janeites: A Journey through the World of Jane Austen Fandom '' ( Houghton Mifflin Mariner, 2013). The book describes Yaffe's lifelong love of

Jane Austen Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...

, as well as the lives and ideas of many other Jane Austen fans or "

Janeite The term Janeite has been both embraced by devotees of the works of Jane Austen and used as a term of opprobrium. According to Austen scholar Claudia Johnson ''Janeitism'' is "the self-consciously idolatrous enthusiasm for 'Jane' and every detail ...

s." Yaffe's book has been featured in '' The New York Times'', the '' New York Post'', '' The Christian Science Monitor'', and ''O! Magazine'', among others. Yaffe has been a reporter in

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and California and is also the author of ''Other People's Children: The Battle for Justice and Equality in New Jersey Schools.''

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