Hello readers. Welcome to the Sunday Edition.
Hope you’re staying warm and cozy, and well-read.
In today’s edition:
Why I Write with Dean Jobb (A Gentleman and a Thief)
My First Book with Su Chang (The Immortal Woman)
I’m delighted to bring you an interview today with Dean Jobb, bestselling historical true crime author of A Gentleman and a Thief, The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream, Empire of Deception, and more. Dean is also the cohort director and professor emeritus in the MFA in Creative Nonfiction program at the University of King’s College in Halifax. He shares insights into the writing life, and offers advice for new writers.
Why I Write
Dean Jobb writes historical true crime. His latest book, A Gentleman and a Thief, tells the story of a Jazz Age burglar who charmed New York’s elite and stole jewels worth millions from their posh estates. The New York Times Book Review describes it as “delectably entertaining” and the Globe and Mail calls it a “rollicking real-life heist story.” It’s a…
In My First Book, debut author Su Chang shares her writing journey, and how her book, The Immortal Woman, came to be published. The Immortal Woman releases this Tuesday March 4th.
Happy soon-to-be pub day Su Chang!
“I hope my book can provide a narrative framework to discuss the future of multiculturalism in our increasingly divided world.”
My First Book
SU CHANG is a Chinese Canadian writer. Born and raised in Shanghai, she is the daughter of a former (reluctant) Red Guard leader. Her fiction has been recognized in Prairie Fire’s Short Fiction Contest, the Canadian Authors Association (Toronto) National Writing Contest, the ILS/Fence Fiction Contest, and the
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