Joe Pompeo Discusses The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

Joe Pompeo Discusses The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

If you thought Sarah Koenig and Serial was the first time a true crime gripped the country, think again. Vanity Fair corresponded Joe Pompeo‘s new book Blood & Ink reveals the long-running obsession America has had with true crime by taking us back to the time of Gatsby.

The book follows the murder of the Reverend Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills, a choir singer from his church he was having an affair with. Pompeo expertly unravels the crime as well as examines why we as a society are so obsessed with crime in general.

Pompeo chatted with Debutiful to discuss his background, obsession, and research.

Continue reading “Joe Pompeo Discusses The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime”

Podcast Episode 05: Sara Sligar, author of Take Me Apart

Podcast Episode 05: Sara Sligar, author of Take Me Apart

Subscribe
Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher

or listen below

Sara Sligar teached English and creative writing at the University of Southern California. Prior to that, the author of Take Me Apart obtained her Ph.D from University of Pennsylvania. Her debut book is a literary thriller about an archivist who becomes obsessed with her subject’s mysterious death. The psychological suspense incorporates found material into the narrative, which provides insight into one of the main characters in such a unique and refreshing way.

Continue reading “Podcast Episode 05: Sara Sligar, author of Take Me Apart”

Podcast Episode 01: Emma Copley Eisenberg, author of ‘The Third Rainbow Girl’

Podcast Episode 01: Emma Copley Eisenberg, author of ‘The Third Rainbow Girl’

Subscribe
Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher

The official first episode (after the supersized ‘pilot’ that featured four authors) features Emma Copley Eisenberg. Her debut book is called The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia.

Continue reading “Podcast Episode 01: Emma Copley Eisenberg, author of ‘The Third Rainbow Girl’”

Ruchika Tomar’s ‘A Prayer For Travelers’ is a vital book about trauma, friendship, and the female experience

Ruchika Tomar’s ‘A Prayer For Travelers’ is a vital book about trauma, friendship, and the female experience

Ruchika Tomar doesn’t think a lot of men will read her book. But they should. Trust me. 

On its surface, A Prayer for Travelers is about a woman trying to track down her missing friend in the desert. However, the novel subverts all expectations of that logline. It is a captivating and eye-opening work about the female experience and the true beauty in Tomar’s work is how she approaches trauma. 

Continue reading “Ruchika Tomar’s ‘A Prayer For Travelers’ is a vital book about trauma, friendship, and the female experience”

Wil Medearis discusses gentrification, art, and murder in his debut ‘Restoration Heights’

Wil Medearis discusses gentrification, art, and murder in his debut ‘Restoration Heights’

In his debut novel Restoration Heights, Wil Medearis explore gentrification through a murder noir set in the Brooklyn art world. The conglomerate of ideas came to the author over a series of events spread across years.

In the novel, a young art handler is the last to see a woman alive and becomes captivated by what happened to her. He becomes a sleuth trying to piece together her disappearance. Medearis himself has a background in art and watched his Brooklyn neighborhood change rapidly before his eyes.

Continue reading “Wil Medearis discusses gentrification, art, and murder in his debut ‘Restoration Heights’”