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Carolyn Wells — Murder in the Bookshop with Rebecca Rego Barry
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A pioneer of the detective/mystery genre who began writing locked-room mystery novels a decade before Agatha Christie, Carolyn Wells was a turn-of-the-twentieth century celebrity who counted Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, and Mark Twain among her many famous friends and fans. Guest Rebecca Rego Barry, whose new book is The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations Into a Forgotten Mystery Author, joins us to discuss Wells and her 1936 detective novel, Murder in the Bookshop.
Discussed in this episode:
The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations into a Forgotten Mystery Author by Rebecca Rego Barry
Fine Books and Collections magazine
Rare Books Uncovered: True Stories of Fantastic Finds in Unlikely Places by Rebecca Rego Barry
From Page to Place: American Literary Tourism and the Afterlives of American Authors
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 114 On Elsie Robinson
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Murder in the Bookshop by Carolyn Wells
Vicky Van by Carolyn Wells
The “Patty” books by Carolyn Wells
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 112 on Rona Jaffe’s The Best of Everything
Ptomaine Street by Caroline Wells
Lost Ladies of Lit Patreon page
For episodes and show notes, visit:
LostLadiesofLit.com
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Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit.
Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew.
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216 episoder
Manage episode 400688830 series 2805882
A pioneer of the detective/mystery genre who began writing locked-room mystery novels a decade before Agatha Christie, Carolyn Wells was a turn-of-the-twentieth century celebrity who counted Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, and Mark Twain among her many famous friends and fans. Guest Rebecca Rego Barry, whose new book is The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations Into a Forgotten Mystery Author, joins us to discuss Wells and her 1936 detective novel, Murder in the Bookshop.
Discussed in this episode:
The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations into a Forgotten Mystery Author by Rebecca Rego Barry
Fine Books and Collections magazine
Rare Books Uncovered: True Stories of Fantastic Finds in Unlikely Places by Rebecca Rego Barry
From Page to Place: American Literary Tourism and the Afterlives of American Authors
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 114 On Elsie Robinson
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Murder in the Bookshop by Carolyn Wells
Vicky Van by Carolyn Wells
The “Patty” books by Carolyn Wells
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 112 on Rona Jaffe’s The Best of Everything
Ptomaine Street by Caroline Wells
Lost Ladies of Lit Patreon page
For episodes and show notes, visit:
LostLadiesofLit.com
Discuss episodes on our Facebook Forum.
Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit.
Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew.
Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com
Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast
216 episoder
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