Jazz-Age Paris and Depression-Era Moonshine in the novels of Liza Nash Taylor

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I'm chatting with Liza Nash Taylor, author of Etiquette for Runaways and In All Good Faith.

Highlights include:

• Origins of Etiquette for Runaways (Hint: don't text and talk!)
• Moll Flanders as inspiration for the main character May Marshall
• Finding Easter Eggs to inspire plot
• What happens when a fully formed character pops into your head and just won't go away
• Prohibition-era moonshine in Etiquette for Runaways
• Black performers in Jazz-age Paris and being inspired by Josephine Baker
• Reading from Etiquette for Runaways
• Inspiration for In All Good Faith
• Role of the Veterans Bonus March on Depression-era Washington
• Challenges of writing strong women within an historical context
• Advice for new authors

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

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