Turn The Page – Episode 207B – Mark Pryor

Mark Pryor’s new mystery, DIE AROUND SUNDOWN, is a thrilling page turner set in Nazi-occupied Paris. Mark chatted with Jenn about using historical figures in fiction, the allure of Paris, and how hard killing your own characters can be.

Turn The Page – Episode 207D – Jude Doyle

Jenn talked to Jude Doyle about MAW, his gripping and terrifying new graphic novel that combines folk horror, body horror, and revenge to explosive effect.

Content notes for discussion of rape.

Turn The Page – Episode 206A – Louise Hare

Jenn was lucky enough to talk to Louise Hare about her thrilling mystery MISS ALDRIDGE REGRETS, an evocative period piece set on the RMS Queen Mary in 1936, and its main character, Lena Aldridge, a mixed race lounge singer passing for white in a racially divided time.

Turn The Page – Episode 206C – Nghi Vo

Nghi Vo’s SIREN QUEEN is a beautiful, dreamy, magical realist novel about the life of a Chinese-American actress in pre-Code Hollywood. We discussed her new book, Old Hollywood, and blending fact and fiction on the page.

Turn The Page – Episode 206B – Ryan Britt

Megan and Jenn, Syosset Library’s resident Trekkies, got to chat with Ryan Britt about his book, PHASERS ON STUN: HOW THE MAKING (AND REMAKING) OF STAR TREK CHANGED THE WORLD. Live long and prosper, and give it a listen!

Turn The Page – Episode 206D – Francesca Stanfill

With THE FALCON’S EYES, Francesca Stanfill has given us a fascinating glimpse into the life of a young noblewoman in the Norman courts and monasteries of medieval France and England. Resident medievalist Jenn talked to her about medieval marriage and childbirth, the rise and fall of the Normans, and the extraordinary life of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Turn The Page – Episode 206E – Katherine Center

Evelyn gets to chat with Katherine Center about her newest comfort read THE BODY GUARD. Katherine and Evelyn get to talk about their favorite movie stars, and the Hudson Valley outside of NY.

Turn The Page – Episode 205F – Julia Whelan

We welcome back Julia Whelan, actor, audiobook narrator and author. Julia chats with Evelyn about THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, a very meta book about audiobook narrators. Julia also clues us in as to why narrators of romance novels would prefer a pseudonym.