The inspiration for fiction often comes from real life. Kohler and White are both experts at expanding the bare facts of history into lush and evocative fiction. They come together to discuss Kohler’s new novel Becoming Jane Eyre.
Kohler (pictured) is the author of nine books including Cracks, Bluebird or the Invention of Happiness, and most recently Becoming Jane Eyre. She has won an O’Henry Prize, an Open Fiction Award, a Willa Cather Prize, and a Smart Family Foundation Prize.
A novelist and cultural critic, Edmund White is the author of many books, including Rimbaud, The Double Life of a Rebel, Hotel de Dream, and most recently a memoir, City Boy.
The inspiration for fiction often comes from real life. Authors Sheila Kohler and Edmund White are both experts at expanding the bare facts of history into lush and evocative fiction. They come together to discuss Kohler’s new novel Becoming Jane Eyre, whose glowing New York Times review can be read here.
Sheila Kohler is the author of nine books including Cracks, Bluebird or the Invention of Happiness, and most recently Becoming Jane Eyre . She has won an O’Henry Prize, an Open Fiction Award, a Willa Cather Prize, and a Smart Family Foundation Prize.
An esteemed novelist and cultural critic, Edmund White is the author of many books, including Rimbaud, The Double Life of a Rebel; Hotel de Dream; and most recently a memoir, City Boy .
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