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Art In Fiction

Carol M. Cram

63 episodes

4 weeks ago

Send us a text My guest today is Tea Gudek Šnajdar, author of Following Van Gogh listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction. Here's a summary of the podcast: Inspiration for the novel that combines travel writing with a thriller.Fascination with the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh and how his color palette changed as he moved from the Netherlands to Paris to Arles.The "what if" that inspired Tea to make a forged painting central to her novel.What is it about the paintings of Van Gogh ...

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Send us a text My guest today is Tea Gudek Šnajdar, author of Following Van Gogh listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction. Here's a summary of the podcast: Inspiration for the novel that combines travel writing with a thriller.Fascination with the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh and how his color palette changed as he moved from the Netherlands to Paris to Arles.The "what if" that inspired Tea to make a forged painting central to her novel.What is it about the paintings of Van Gogh ...

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Art In Fiction

Intrigue Meets Art Appreciation in Following Van Gogh by Tea Gudek Šnajdar

Send us a text My guest today is Tea Gudek Šnajdar, author of Following Van Gogh listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction. Here's a summary of the podcast: Inspiration for the novel that combines travel writing with a thriller.Fascination with the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh and how his color palette changed as he moved from the Netherlands to Paris to Arles.The "what if" that inspired Tea to make a forged painting central to her novel.What is it about the paintings of Van Gogh ...

1 month ago

28 minutes

Art In Fiction

In Search of Family in The Wildes by Louis Bayard

Send us a text My guest today is Louis Bayard, author of The Wildes listed in the Literature category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ukomPza-Oh0 Why write about Oscar Wilde through the lens of his family life?Inspiration for the novel from the memoir of Vivian Wilde, the youngest of the two sons of Oscar and Constance.Challenges of writing about one of the great wits in the English language.Structure of The Wildes as a play in five acts in a high comedy regist...

2 months ago

24 minutes

Art In Fiction

A Journey to Remember in Six Days in Bombay by Alka Joshi

Send us a text My guest today is Alka Joshi, author of four novels listed on Art In Fiction including Six Days in Bombay listed in the Visual Arts category. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eYPoIKk9pOk Inspiration for Six Days of Bombay and its relationship to the real life story of artist Amrita Sher-Gil.Background on Amrita Sher-Gil and how her personality and sometimes shocking activities influenced the creation of Mira Novak in Six Days of Bombay.Why Alka chose to write a nove...

3 months ago

37 minutes

Art In Fiction

K-Pop and Contemporary Culture in The Band by Christine Ma-Kellams

Send us a text My guest today is Christine Ma-Kellams, author of The Band listed in the Music category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZopqRgR9xG4 Inspiration for The Band and its relationship to pop music, K-Pop, and popular culture.Motivation for writing The Band as a commentary on what may be happening behind the scenes of a successful K-Pop boy band.The novel as a scatching indictment of fandom and how the industry often turns a blind eye to ...

3 months ago

38 minutes

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Connecting with Christina Rossetti in post-war Italy in The Lost Dresses of Italy by M. A. McLaughlin

Send us a text I'm speaking today with M. A. McLaughlin, author of The Lost Dresses of Italy listed in the Textile Arts category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rDe_rXrLC2k Overview of the story of The Lost Dresses of Italy as a dual time novel taking place in 1947 and 1864 and inspired by a three-week trip to Italy taken by Victorian poet Christina RossettiPoetry of Christina Rossetti and why it has enduredChristina's sonnet sequence Monna Innominata as inspir...

5 months ago

30 minutes

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Don Quixote's Fictional Muse Comes to Life in Dulcinea by Ana Veciana-Suarez

Join me as I chat with Ana Veciana-Suarez, author of Dulcinea listed in the Literature category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BKX2HsA43_c Overview of the story of Dulcinea as being about a wealthy Barcelona woman called Dolça who is cast as the fictional muse of Miguel CervantesUse of the dual-timeline narrative in the novelAna's family background in Barcelona and its influence on her novelWhy Cervantes? How the idea for the novel percolated for fifty yearsRe...

9 months ago

35 minutes

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Finding Purpose in The Needle of Avocation by Mark Baker

In this episode, I'm chatting with Mark Baker, author of The Needle of Avocation listed in the Textile Arts category on Art In Fiction. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BKX2HsA43_c The genesis of The Needle of Avocation as the third book in the Cuthbert seriesCreation of the "It" girl of the 8th century, the heroine of the first two novels in the series, led to the creation of her sister Hilda in The Needle of AvocationWhy embroidery as a basis for the novel and how it became both Hilda's ...

9 months ago

39 minutes

Art In Fiction

Fantasy, Myth & Art - In the Garden of Monsters by Crystal King

In this episode, I'm chatting with Crystal King, author of In the Garden of Monsters listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WElAb9vxuAI The genesis of In the Garden of Monsters and the decision to write a novel that incorporated elements of fantasy and the GothicInspired by the sacro bosco (sacred wood) at Bomarzo in Italy and its relationship to Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in the 1950s and to the Hades and Persephone mythVideo of Salvado...

11 months ago

31 minutes

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For the Love of Art & Art Thrillers with Author Alex Connor

Join me as I chat with novelist Alex Connor, author of several art thrillers listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction, including Rembrandt's Secret, The Caravaggio Conspiracy, and The Incubus Tapes. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Fbi3aA7gPl8 Why Alexandra has chosen to center her novels, mostly art thrillers, around art.Seeing Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus in the National Gallery when she was six.What led Alexandra to "follow her bright light" and focus on her dual c...

11 months ago

45 minutes

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A Warrior Woman & What's Worth Fighting For in Akmaral by Judith Lindbergh

In this episode, I'm chatting with Judith Lindbergh, author of Akmaral listed in the Other category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gGdvLEpGrZw The genesis of Akmaral from two points of reference in Judith's personal life: her obsession with archeology and her young son's obsession with pretending to be a knight in shining armorHow Akmaral explores one woman's journey as a warrior, spiritual leader and priestess and her drive to protect her people and her famil...

11 months ago

45 minutes

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Community, Friendship and the Enriching Power of the Arts in Two Novels by Alyson Richman

Join me as I chat with Alyson Richman, author of 9 novels listed on Art In Fiction, including The Time Keepers listed in the Other category and The Thread Collectors listed in the Textile Arts category. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vrYzy7mORwc Why Alyson likes to write novels inspired by the arts and the role the arts have played in her lifeHow her novels answer questions such as "Can the creative spirit be extinguished in very difficult and dark times?" and "Can creativity be...

1 year ago

39 minutes

Art In Fiction

A Stunning New Take on Ancient Greek Theater in Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon

Join me as I chat with Ferdia Lennon, author of Glorious Exploits, a wonderful debut novel listed in the Theater category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3ZFFQ4rg4DU Genesis for Glorious ExploitsBased on true events that occurred in Syracuse, Sicily during the Peloponnesian war.The theme of friendship in Glorious ExploitsTheater and research of ancient Greek theater in the writing of Glorious ExploitsTraveling to Greece and Syracuse as part of the research proc...

1 year ago

38 minutes

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Looted Florentine Art in The Last Masterpiece by Laura Morelli

Join me as I chat with Laura Morelli, author of six novels listed on Art In FIction: The Gondola Maker in the Other category, and five novels in the Visual Arts category: The Painter's Apprentice, The Giant, The Night Portrait, The Stolen Lady, and The Last Masterpiece, which we will discuss in this episode. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/K1Zru2kCdtQ Genesis for The Last MasterpieceA tale of two heroines, one American and one Austrian, on opposite sides of the warFascinati...

1 year ago

38 minutes

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Threads of Beauty and Feminism in Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

Join me as I chat with Laurie Lico Albanese, author of three novels listed on Art In FIction, including Hester listed in the Textile Arts category and Stolen Beauty and The Miracles of Prato (co-written with Laura Morowitz) listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vUuYVDmYdDQ Inspiration for HesterHawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and its relationship to Hester: who was the real Hester Prynne?Why the novel is not about a love affair betwe...

1 year ago

39 minutes

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Caravaggio, Cosa Nostra, and the Catholic Church in House of Honor by Margaret Ann Philbrick

Join me as I chat with Margaret Ann Philbrick, author of two novels listed on Art In FIction: House of Honor listed in the Visual Arts category and A Minor listed in the Music category. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vUuYVDmYdDQ Genesis of House of HonorObession with the life and work of CaravaggioHeist of Caravaggio's Nativity (still unsolved) as inspiration for the novelUse of color plates of Caravaggio's work in the print and ebook editions of the novelWhy is Caravaggio...

1 year ago

53 minutes

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Having Fun with a Change of Genre in A Change of Location by Margaret Porter

Join me as I chat with Margaret Porter, author of four novels listed on Art In FIction, including A Change of Location, The Limits of Limelight, and Beautiful Invention: A Novel of Hedy Lamarr listed in the Film category, and The Myrtle Wand listed in the Dance category. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ijPu_SVzY1c Why switch to a new genre - "romcom" - from historical fiction?Writing fiction as a "palette cleanser"Inspiration for A Change of LocationSummary of A Change of Locatio...

1 year ago

41 minutes

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Celebrating Life, Art & Travel in The Art of Traveling Strangers by Zoe Disigny

Join me as I chat with Zoe Disigny, author of The Art of Traveling Strangers, listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dYPEJThuFqk Inspiration for The Art of Traveling Strangers, based on an experience Zoe had while hosting art tours of Europe in the 1980sHow her background as an art history professor helped her write her novelMaking art accessible in The Art of Traveling StrangersThe four Davids in The Art of Traveling Strangers: Dona...

1 year ago

32 minutes

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Dance, Fashion, and Long-lost Twins in What Disappears by Barbara Quick

Join me as I chat with Barbara Quick, author of Vivaldi's Virgins and What Disappears, both listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nYq1nLL4xv4 Inspiration for What Disappears going back several decades to when Barbara was just 22 years oldRevisiting old work after it's "ripened"The role of idential twins in What DisappearsWriting a great villain in fashion designer Paul PoiretResearching the fashion components in What DisappearsWhat ...

1 year ago

38 minutes

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Exploring Bogotá and Art with Linda Moore, Author of Five Days in Bogotá

Join me as I chat with Linda Moore, author of Attribution and Five Days in Bogotá, both listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X33FE57ZDk4 How Linda's background as the owner of an art gallery and her experience at an art fair in Colombia in the 1990s helped inspire her to write Five Days in BogotáThe political situation in Colombia and how it's changed over the decadesColombia as a significant economic force in South AmericaTh...

1 year ago

38 minutes

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Ella Fitzgerald & Marilyn Monroe in Can't We Be Friends by Denny S. Bryce & Eliza Knight

Listen in as I chat with Denny S. Bryce and Eliza Knight, co-authors of Can't We Be Friends: A Novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe listed in the Music category on Art In Fiction. View the Video on YouTube How Denny & Eliza decided to write their novel about Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn MonroeResearch tidbits that led them into the storyHow both Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe changed the face of entertainment, Ella in jazz and Marilyn in filmMarilyn Monroe as one of the first f...

1 year ago

46 minutes