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Listen in as I chat with Madeline Martin, the New York Times bestselling author of novels set in World War II along with dozens of romance novels. Madeline joins me on the Art In Fiction Podcast to discuss her three novels listed in the Literature category on Art In Fiction: The Last Bookshop in London, The Librarian Spy and her newest novel, The Keeper of Hidden Books.

Highlights include:

• Why Madeline chose books as her way into stories about World War II.
• Why The Keeper of Hidden Books is set in Warsaw.
• The role Poland and the Polish Resistance played in WWII.
• The theme of The Keeper of Hidden Books.
• Two short readings from The Keeper of Hidden Books.
• Book banning in WWII Poland and contemporary United States--parallels?
• The Librarian Spy and its setting in Lisbon and Lyon.
• Fado in Lisbon.
• The Blitz and The Last Bookshop in London.
• Research about London during the Blitz from memoirs contained in the Mass Observation published in the 1930s and 1940s in England.
• Differences between historical fiction and historical romance.
• Advice about research methods.
• Madeline's next novel.
• What Madeline is currently reading

Press Play now & be sure to check out The Keeper of Hidden Books, The Librarian Spy and The Last Bookshop in London on Art In Fiction.

Madeline Martin's Website

Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson

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