Podcast appearances and mentions of whitney scharer

Welcome to Episode 228! 2025 is the year of the Ghost Story. We've created a tab on the website to keep you up-to-date on our quarterly readalongs, the schedule for the year-long buddy read of THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce, and there is a downloadable Ghost Story Bingo Card; we would love for you to play along. Be sure to bookmark the page and check back for updates. On this episode we do a deep dive on Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE which is our first quarter readalong. Chris has read the novel numerous times; this was Emily's first time, and she is now a Shirley Jackson devotee. During the conversation, they mention other complimentary readings, podcasts, and film adaptations, including the biography SHIRLEY JACKSON: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin. Chris and Emily both had #CouchBiblioAdventures. Emily watched the movie Lee starring Kate Winslet about photographer Lee Miller. It reminded her of Whitney Scharer's novel THE AGE OF LIGHT. Chris watched Season One, Episode Four of ROAR: The Woman Who Found Bite Marks on Her Skin based on the book of short stories by Cecelia Ahern. Emily also attended an in-person event via RJ Julia's Booksellers in Madison, CT with Kristan Higgins in conversation with Charmaine Wilkerson and her new novel GOOD DIRT. Of course, we also talk about what we're currently reading, hope to read, upcoming jaunts, and scary neighbors, after all it is the year of the ghost story. We wish you lots of Happy Reading! Show notes for the episode: https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2025/episode228

We've got two very different questions today as we begin to wrap up our January series. The first asks about submitting shorter works to literary magazines and other venues. The second wonders how she can improve her use of subtext. Authors Mark Cecil, Erica Ferencik, and Whitney Scharer help us find the answers.Watch a recording of our live webinar here. The audio/video version is available for one week. Missed it? Check out the podcast version above or on your favorite podcast platform.Looking for a writing community? Join our Facebook page.Mark Cecil is the author of the novel Bunyan and Henry; Or, The Beautiful Destiny, the host of The Thoughtful Bro podcast, and he has taught writing at Grub Street in Boston.Erica Ferencik is the author of the critically acclaimed, best-selling novels The River at Night, Into the Jungle, and Girl in Ice.Whitney Scharer is the author of the international bestselling and award-winning novel The Age of Light as well as short fiction and essays in numerous publications. and she's the co-founder of the Arlington Author Salon in Arlington, MA. Photo by Cristian Tepaz on Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 7amnovelist.substack.com

With Maggie O'Farrell, whose heartfelt, lyrical exploration about genius and grief, Hamnet, vacuumed up awards and made, it seems, every last reader weep. If you're looking for sensual prose, a startling theory on why Shakespeare wrote his most famous play, or a rollicking sex scene in an apple-storage-shed, look no further. With introductory thoughts on historical fiction as a genre, paring down your story, and becoming the writer you want to be, with Whitney Scharer, author of The Age Of Light. All episodes of The Thoughtful Bro aired live originally on A Mighty Blaze. The Thoughtful Bro is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm.

The pros and cons of writing in the third person limited, likely the most favored point of view. What freedoms might it grant you in terms of language and providing context? How might it hold you back in terms of intimacy? Our guests Linda Schlossberg and Whitney Scharer help us find the answers.Linda Schlossberg received her Ph.D in English Literature from Harvard, where she now serves as Associate Director of Studies for Women, Gender, and Sexuality and teaches courses in gender, literature, and creative writing. Schossberg was the recipient of a 2022 and 2019 Somerville Arts Council/Massachusetts Cultural Council grant as well as the recipient of the Writer's Center 2016 Emerging Writer Fellowship. She is the author of the novel Life in Miniature and the co-editor of Passing: Identity and Interpretation in Sexuality, Race, and Religion, and her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including McSweeney's, The Belladonna, and Post Road. Her new novel, The Incubator, is represented by Aevitas Creative Management.Whitney Scharer holds a BA in English from Wesleyan University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington. Her first novel, The Age of Light, was published in 2019, and was a Boston Globe and IndieNext bestseller and has been published in over a dozen other countries. Whitney has been awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fiction Fellowship, Ragdale and VCCA residencies, a St. Botolph Emerging Artists Grant, and a Somerville Arts Council Artists Fellowship.  She lives with her husband and daughter in Arlington, MA, where she runs a freelance graphic design business and is at work on her second novel. To find out more, visit www.whitneyscharer.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 7amnovelist.substack.com

Whitney Scharer's historical novel The Age of Light takes us from the glamor of Paris in the 1920s to the horror of World War II battlefields in a startlingly modern love story based on the true life of fashion model and gifted photographer. Lee Miller. Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler. And today we have a treat. Whitney Scharer's debut novel. I know we usually do series, but this is a little bit special. It's a great mesmerizing portrait of a true woman, Lee Miller as she transforms from muse to artist. She's the girl who in her twenties, the former Vogue cover girl, who said, ‘I'd rather take a photograph than be in one.' Author Paula McLain called it "rapturous and razor sharp." As usual we've got free book treats for you. this week it's historical freebies, which we can down load here: DOWNLOAD HISTORIC FREEBIES And don't forget, you can encourage my endeavors on the show. We reaching nearly 250 episodes now, and it does cost time and money for me to put these on every week. By becoming a Patreon supporter for less than a cup of coffee a month, you'll receive exclusive bonus content like here in Whitney, answer the, getting to know you. Five quickfire questions. That's. Part of the exclusive content on Patrion that's P a T R E O n.com. Forward slash the joys have been dreading. If you can't see your way there to doing that, then how about just supporting one episode@buymeacoffee.com/jennywheel/X BUY ME A COFFEE Links to points discussed in the show: The Age of Light: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/whitney-scharer/the-age-of-light/9780316524094/ Lee Miller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Miller Man Ray: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Ray Lee Miller's famous picture of herself in Hitler's bathtub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK1KUYTluTU Man Ray, Solarization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QITcY3W0mto The Lee Miller Archive:  https://www.leemiller.co.uk/ Anthony Penrose:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Penrose# Lee Miller's cookbook: https://www.farleyshouseandgallery.co.uk/product/lee-miller-a-life-with-food-friends-recipes-2/ Books Whitney is reading: Emily St John  Mandel, Sea Of Tranquility:      https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Tranquility-Emily-John-Mandel/dp/0593321448 Jennifer Egan, The Candy House:  https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Candy-House/Jennifer-Egan/9781476716763 Jennifer Egan, A Visit From The Goon Squad: https://www.amazon.com/Visit-Goon-Squad-Jennifer-Egan/dp/0307477479 Ann Leary, The Foundling; https://annleary.com/ Where to find Whitney online: Where to find Whitney Scharer online: Website: http://www.whitneyscharer.com Twitter: @wscharer Instagram: @wscharer Facebook: facebook.com/whitneyscharerwriter/ Things you will learn in Whitney and The Age of Light How and why Whitney came to write the book How Lee Miller and May Ray met. Their innovative photographic collaboration in Paris The love affair that turned toxic Lee Miller's wartime career. Parisian art world of the 20s and 30s What historical fiction authors choose to leave in or leave out of their story Lee Miller's son's work in maintaining her artistic legacy Lee Miller's later role as the ‘Julia Child of Southern England' If you like Whitney you might also like... Gill Paul on Lady Eve Herbert and the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb.. another bio- fictional story where truth was almost stranger than fiction... https://thejoysofbingereading.com/gill-paul-on-encore/ LISTEN TO GILL ON ENCORE Next Week: Encore On Binge Reading

With Emily St. John Mandel, discussing her new novel Sea of Tranquility. Topics: how she got to know her "Station Eleven" HBO showrunner at a super creepy gun show; the cathartic role of art and sports in any functioning society; and her deep ambivalence regarding our utterly convenient, utterly tech-enabled modern life. With guest host Whitney Scharer, author of the award winning novel The Age of Light. All episodes of The Thoughtful Bro aired live originally on A Mighty Blaze. The Thoughtful Bro is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm.

With the Booker-Prize winning master himself, George Saunders, discussing his new book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. We talk about how to find a story's unconscious structure, the necessary qualities it takes for a young writer to succeed in publishing, and how George knew he'd found his true literary voice, when he heard his wife laughing one night in the next room. With guest host Whitney Scharer, author of the award winning novel The Age of Light. All episodes of The Thoughtful Bro aired live originally on A Mighty Blaze. The Thoughtful Bro is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm.

We recorded together for the first time in over a year! It was amazing to sit and talk about books over the kitchen table. Hashtag grateful. Emily went on a whirlwind adventure with Maggie Shipstead’s GREAT CIRCLE and Chris got down with I WILL SURVIVE, song lyrics by Frederick J. Perren and Dino Fekaris, illustrated by Kaitlyn Shea O’Connor. It’s another tenth episode which means it’s time for another giveaway! Listen for details. We also hope you’ll join us in our buddy Sue’s Big Book Summer Reading challenge this year. Listen for details about this, too.

It’s Thursday, and you know what that means! We’re back with another author interview. This week, Becky and Kayla are thrilled to be speaking with debut historical fiction author, Whitney Scharer. Whitney wrote The Age of Light, a sweeping story of Vogue model Lee Miller fleeing her role as muse and forging a new identity as a photographer and artist in Paris. This book has the two things that make today’s hosts very happy: the 20’s (Becky), and rich historical fiction to learn about real badass women of history (Kayla). In today’s interview, Whitney talks about all things inspiration, photography, Lee Miller and Man Ray. We also get to hear a bit about Whitney’s travels to Paris to do research for this book (sign us up for a research trip to Paris, please and thank you). Read on for buy links! And please feel free to drop us a line about this interview, Whitney’s novel, or anything else you'd like to tell us at booksandthecitypod@gmail.com. ------------------------> The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/whitney-scharer/the-age-of-light/9780316524094/

Please join us as we check in with author Whitney Scharer, author of The Age of Light. This absorbing debut tells a fictionalized account of Lee Miller's life, focusing on the years she spent in Paris and her tumultuous relationship with Surrealist artist Man Ray. An icon during her own time, Lee's bold vision and fearlessness still serve today as a template for a life lived fully. In Whitney's novel, we follow Lee through her time as a model, Surrealist photographer, fashion photographer, war correspondent, and gourmet chef. Whitney will discuss her book as well as provide us with updates about its reception and translation. Whitney holds a BA in English Literature from Wesleyan University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington. Her short fiction, essays, and interviews have appeared in numerous publications including Vogue, The Telegraph, The Tatler, and Bellevue Literary Review. Her first novel, The Age of Light, was published by Little, Brown (US) and Picador (UK) in February, 2019, and was a Boston Globe and IndieNext bestseller and named one of the best books of 2019 by Parade, Glamour Magazine, Real Simple, Refinery 29, Booklist and Yahoo. Internationally, The Age of Light won Le prix Rive Gauche à Paris, was a 2019 coup de coeur selection from the American Library in Paris, and has been published or is forthcoming from over a dozen other countries. Whitney has been awarded residencies at the Virginia Center for the Arts and Ragdale, a St. Botolph Emerging Artists Grant, and a Somerville Arts Council Artists Fellowship. She teaches fiction in the Boston area and is a co-founder of the Arlington Author Salon, a quarterly reading series. *Covid-19 Update: Although our physical space has temporarily closed, the Library will continue with its Evening with an Author programming during the period of confinement. Our events will continue to be free and open to the public via Zoom. We have moved the events up, to begin at 17h00 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. Recorded 5 May 2020

Whitney discusses her bestseller, The Age of Light, which tells the story of renowned photographer Lee Miller and her transformations as a model, artist, and inventor. Lee's journey in the book, while connected to real accounts of her choices, is a fictionalized retelling of impactful moments in her life. Carol talks to Whitney about the iconic stories Lee is known for, the inspiration artists can find in the life Lee led, and some of Whitney's own adventures. Books discussed in this episode: The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer Whitney's Pinterest Page Whitney's Website Sign up for the weekly Bookreporter.com newsletter here: FOLLOW US Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bookreporter Website: https://www.bookreporter.com

Calvin Hennick jokingly calls his memoir, ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO, "every thought I've ever had," and the book touches on fatherhood, manhood, race, family, alcohol, baseball, and countless other topics, all considered on a road trip to his childhood hometown with his young son. He talks to James about having the memoir roundly rejected until it won the Pushcart Press Editor's Award, walking around naked in front of the reader, and not solving all of the world's problems. Plus, the legendary Bill Henderson of Pushcart Press. - Calvin Hennick: https://twitter.com/calvinhennick?lang=en Buy ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO: Buy ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO Calvin and James discuss:  The Chunky Monkeys  THE BOSTON GLOBE MAGAZINE Grub Street Boston Red Sox  Adam Jones  Baltimore Orioles Curt Schilling  Fenway Park  GET OUT dir by Jordan Peele  Cooperstown, NY  Baseball Hall of Fame  PLEASANTVILLE dir by Gary Ross  Jackie Robinson Millicent Bennett Grand Central Publishing  Pushcart Editor's Prize  Bill Henderson  APOCALYPSE NOW dir by Francis Ford Coppola  BUSINESS INSIDER  Alex Marzano-Lesnevich Chip Cheek  Whitney Scharer  Jenn DeLeon  THE BODY PAPERS by Grace Talusan  Franz Kafka  James Joyce  - Bill Henderson: http://pushcartprize.com/ Buy THE PUSHCART PRIZE ANTHOLOGY: Buy the PUSHCART PRIZE ANTHOLOGY Bill and James discuss:  THE KID THAT COULD  THE PUBLISH IT YOURSELF HANDBOOK by Bill Henderson  The Pushcart Prize  Anais Nin  Buckminster Fuller  Ralph Ellison  Joyce Carol Oates  Doubleday  THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW PUBLISHERS WEEKLY  Mattel Toys  Random House  WW Norton & Co.  ESQUIRE  Central Park  ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO by Calvin Hennick Little, Brown  Millicent Bennett  POETS & WRITERS  Cooperstown  Fenway Park  Boston Red Sox  WASHINGTON POST  YOU ARE NOT A GADGET by Jaron Lanier  GARDEN STATE by Rick Moody  THE TALE OF THE RING: A KADDISH: A PERSONAL MEMOIR OF THE HOLOCAUST by Frank Stiffel  A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER: THE GREAT HAMPTONS HURRICANE OF 1938 by Genie Chipps Henderson  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK/ Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

"How have I gone through all of these art history classes and never heard her name?" - Whitney Scharer Whitney Scharer holds a BA in English Literature from Wesleyan University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington. Her short fiction, essays, and interviews have appeared in numerous publications including Vogue, The Telegraph, and The Tatler. Her first novel, The Age of Light, was published in February, 2019, and was a Boston Globe and IndieNext bestseller, People Pick of the Week, Amazon Book of the Month selection, and Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick. Whitney teaches fiction in the Boston area and is a co-founder of the Arlington Author Salon, a quarterly reading series. She lives with her husband and daughter in Arlington, MA, where she is at work on her second novel.    ENTER TO WIN A COPY OF THE AGE OF LIGHT + FBC GOODIES HERE.    Connect with Whitney on Instagram @wscharer or her website whitneyscharer.com.  See The Age of Light Pinterest board here.   Whitney's book recommendations: The Body Papers by Grace Talusen Leading Men by Christopher Castellani     This episode is brought to you in collaboration with These Are Things. Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop. -- Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dINNkn   -- Logo and web design by Shatterboxx  Editing support from Phalin Oliver Original music by @iam.onyxrose Transcript for this episode: bit.ly/FBCtranscript50   Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop.  

"Why do mothers have to say out loud that they enjoy every single moment of being a mother? Because we don’t. There are times when you have these thoughts of escape." - Angie Kim Angie Kim moved as a preteen from Seoul, South Korea, to the suburbs of Baltimore. She attended Stanford University and Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review, then practiced as a trial lawyer at Williams & Connolly. Her stories have won the Glamour Essay Contest and the Wabash Prize in Fiction, and appeared in numerous publications including Vogue, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Salon, Slate, The Southern Review, Sycamore Review, The Asian American Literary Review, and PANK. She lives in northern Virginia with her husband and three sons. Miracle Creek is her first novel. Connect with Angie on her website, Instagram or Twitter.   Angie's book recommendation: The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer   ENTER TO WIN A COPY OF MIRACLE CREEK BY ANGIE KIM   -- Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dINNkn   -- Logo and web design by Shatterboxx  Editing support from Phalin Oliver Original music by @iam.onyxrose Transcript for this episode: bit.ly/FBCtranscript36   Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop.  

This very special Beyond the Book conversation with Whitney Scharer was recorded live at ROSEGALLERY in Santa Monica, California. Julie Robinson and Whitney Scharer engaged in a book club style discussion about Whitney's novel, The Age of Light, followed by a brief Q & A. Their conversation covered Lee Miller's life and photography of course but also food, art, and love. Recorded live April 2019.

The dazzling, drunken, dirty (in an elegant, literary way) debut by Chip Cheek, CAPE MAY, is the result of a feverish writing spree and a measured revision process. Old friends Chip and James discuss learning to let go, having fun at the desk, selecting the right words in sex scenes, discovering characters through their dialogue, and changing ice cream to sherbet. Then, super agent to Chip and many past guests, Katherine Fausset.   - Chip Cheek Buy CAPE MAY: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250297150 Chip and James discuss: Pages: A Bookstore  Whitney Scharer  Sally Rooney The Chunky Monkeys  Celeste Ng  Grace Talusan  Jenn De Leon  Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich  Lizzie Stark  THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt  James Salter  THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald  REVOLUTIONARY ROAD by Richard Yates  BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S by Truman Capote  THE CALL OF CTHULHU by H.P. Lovecraft  Jeanne Leiby Jim Butler  Gustave Flaubert  Jennifer Haigh  Katherine Fausset  - Katherine Fausset: https://www.curtisbrown.com/agents/katherine-fausset/ Katherine and James discuss:  Chip Cheek  The Muse & The Marketplace  Grub Street  Benjamin Percy  Colm Toibin  STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel  THE THIRD HOTEL by Laura van den Berg  A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN: SELECTED STORIES by Lucia Berlin Farrar, Straus & Giroux  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

At first, she wrote essays as a distraction from her fiction, but over time, Grace Talusan felt the pull of the experiences that would form the foundation of her memoir, THE BODY PAPERS. From immigration to cancer to sexual abuse, the book depicts a life marked by trauma, and yet through it all there is humor, family, and hope. Grace tells James how she embraced her own story, faced honesty, and escaped despair. Plus, Grace's editor and Restless Books marketing director, Nathan Rostron.  - Grace Talusan: http://gracetalusan.com/ Buy THE BODY PAPERS: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781632061836 Grace and James Discuss:  UC-Irvine  Joanne Diaz  Restless Books  Ilan Stavans  ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO by Calvfin Hennick  Ross White's THE GRIND  Bread Loaf Writer's Conference  Tell All  Grub Street  Alysia Abbott  Celeste Ng  Porter Square Books  Whitney Scharer  Chunky Monkeys  Jeff Rubin THE FACT OF A BODY by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich  Tufts University Counseling Center  - Nathan Rostron of RESTLESS BOOKS: https://restlessbooks.org/ Nathan and James discuss:  Graywolf Press  New Directions Publishing  Farrar, Straus and Giroux  W.W. Norton & Co.   Simon & Schuster  Regan Arts  Judith Regan  Ilan Stavans  Amherst College  THE BOY by Marcus Malte, Translated by Emma Ramadan & Tom Roberge  Riff Raff Richard Pevear and Larissa Volohonsky Prix Femina  Editions Zulma  THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE by Julie Orringer  Cormac McCarthy  THE BODY PAPERS by Grace Talusan  THE IMMIGRANT WRITING PRIZE  TEMPORARY PEOPLE by Deepak Unnikrishnan George Saunders  Salman Rushdie  Hindu Prize  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

There’s a ‘life of others’ theme to this weeks show. Studio guest is award-winning writer Jill Dawson, talking about her new novel The Language of Birds, partly set in the Fens, and based on the Lord Lucan scandal of the 1970s. Whitney Scharer discusses how she fictionalised the life of photographer Lee Miller, in her […]

Back in episode 47, Whitney Scharer discussed the incredible sale of her debut, THE AGE OF LIGHT, and now, she and James discuss the actual novel, which depicts the relationship between Lee Miller and May Ray. They talk about creating fictional characters from real people, when she had her "Aha!" insight into Lee's psyche, cultural movements, Boston apartment hopping, and, of course, what you call a butt. Plus, Whitney's UK cover designer, Stuart Wilson.  -  Whitney Scharer: https://whitneyscharer.com/ THE AGE OF LIGHT: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316524087 Whitney and James discuss:   Lee Miller  Man Ray  Peabody-Essex Museum  CAPE MAY by Chip Cheek  Jean Cocteau Janet Flanner  THE NEW YORKER  Ernest Hemingway  GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES by Anita Loos  David Bain  Margot Livesey  Pamela Painter  Emerson College  Richard Kenney  JUST KIDS by Patti Smith  CBGB's  Robert Mapplethorpe  - Stuart Wilson Stuart and James discuss:  Francesca Main  Whitney Scharer  Jeff Cottenden  Lee Miller  Pan 70th Anniversary Collection  Justine Anweiler  JAWS by Peter Benchley  BORN FREE by Joan Adamson  THE PROVINCIAL LADY by E. M. Delafield  Edward St. Aubyn  Benedict Cumberbatch  THE PAPER LOVERS by Gerard Woodward - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Whitney Scharer, author of her first novel, The Age Of Light, Released in February by Little, Brown and Company. White holds a BA in English Literature form Wesleyan and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous journals. This, The Age Of Light, as I said, is her first novel. The Age Of Light gives us a unique and, for most of us, previously unknown life. The life of Lee Miller, a beautiful woman who has graced the covers of Vogue and other high fashion magazines of the time. Her beauty is renowned and her ability to “be a photograph” is only outweighed by her desire “to take one”. She arrives, after having giving up modeling, in Paris in 1929, essentially and eventually penniless but she catches the eye of an artist who’s name IS known to all of us, Man Ray. He want to continue her life as a model by photographing her but instead Lee persuades hm to take her own as an assistant and even though Man turns out to be something less than the perfect lover, they begin a romance that is both torrid and mutually rewarding in its intensity. We see Lee in the present, when she has taken on a new look and a new passion, we see her on the battlefields of Europe as the war is ending and she lingers to photograph the hours that haunt her for the rest of her life, but we see her mostly, as she learns to be a photographer, a movie actress and once again, a model. This woman who previous to this book, was kind of lost in history, comes up with some remarkable ideas that are still important today, but for which she receives little or no correct. This is a beautiful story about a beautiful woman in many ways. She does have her flaws and those are filled in seamlessly, but overall, this is a woman that I would like to meet and whom, as so many other men, would probably fall involve with. With that, welcome Whitney and thank you for joining us today.

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Whitney Scharer, author of her first novel, The Age Of Light, Released in February by Little, Brown and Company. White holds a BA in English Literature form Wesleyan and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous journals. This, The Age Of Light, as I said, is her first novel. The Age Of Light gives us a unique and, for most of us, previously unknown life. The life of Lee Miller, a beautiful woman who has graced the covers of Vogue and other high fashion magazines of the time. Her beauty is renowned and her ability to “be a photograph” is only outweighed by her desire “to take one”. She arrives, after having giving up modeling, in Paris in 1929, essentially and eventually penniless but she catches the eye of an artist who’s name IS known to all of us, Man Ray. He want to continue her life as a model by photographing her but instead Lee persuades hm to take her own as an assistant and even though Man turns out to be something less than the perfect lover, they begin a romance that is both torrid and mutually rewarding in its intensity. We see Lee in the present, when she has taken on a new look and a new passion, we see her on the battlefields of Europe as the war is ending and she lingers to photograph the hours that haunt her for the rest of her life, but we see her mostly, as she learns to be a photographer, a movie actress and once again, a model. This woman who previous to this book, was kind of lost in history, comes up with some remarkable ideas that are still important today, but for which she receives little or no correct. This is a beautiful story about a beautiful woman in many ways. She does have her flaws and those are filled in seamlessly, but overall, this is a woman that I would like to meet and whom, as so many other men, would probably fall involve with. With that, welcome Whitney and thank you for joining us today.

Season 3 Episode 11: Jon Keller, Paula Ebben and Liam Martin discuss the college admission fraud charges against wealthy and famous parents, local author Whitney Scharer describes how she wrote her blockbuster book Age of Light, Massachusetts Democratic party chief Gus Bickford on what's going on within the party, and Liam has thoughts about Silicon Valley guru Tim Ferriss's recipe for productivity. GUESTS: Whitney Scharer, author, Age of Light Gus Bickford, Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part 2 of Paula & Liam's conversation with local author Whitney Scharer. *Contains spoilers for her super-hot new book Age of Light.* See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Papercuts #10: Cutting to the ChasePapercuts is here for your February book news and recommendations. We chat about The Ockhams longlist,Jacqui Sturm, dear Peter Wells and Ashleigh Young. As well as your usual book reviews and a bonkers Who the Fuck Is?, that could almost be a psychological thriller. TWITTER & INSTA: @papercutspod EMAIL: papercutspod@gmail.com    Thank you Mātātuhi Foundation for your support, The Spinoff and Tina!   Book News - Ockham Longlist is out, check it out here! Shortlist is out March 6th http://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/2019-awards/longlist/   - James K Baxter week on The Spinoff. Our favourite piece is this one about Jacqui Sturm. - RIP Peter Wells - Ashleigh Young - is the new(ish) Spinoff poetry editor. Here's her first column in Canvas.   Unity Book of the Month  In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie ColvinLindsey HilsumVintage, 2018Written by fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, this is the story of the most daring war reporter of her age. Drawing on unpublished diaries and notebooks, and interviews with Marie's friends, family and colleagues, In Extremis is the story of our turbulent age, and the life of a woman who defied convention.Format: Hardback Price: $55.00    Book reviews LK: Women in the Field, One and Two / Thomasin SleighLawrence & Gibson, 2018 JT: The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer - also mentions Never Anyone But You by Rupert Thompson KD: A Mistake - Carl Shuker (pub March 14)   Who the fuck is... AJ Finn/Dan Mallory We love this piece in The Listener by Michele Hewiston   Not Books LK: Roma on Netflix JT: NARRATIVE MUSE - book and movie matcher is now launched KD: How to Fail pod by Elizabeth Day See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Whitney Scharer discusses her novel about the love affair between Lee Miller and Man Ray.

BRASS, the excellent first novel by Xhenet Aliu, mixes voice, humor, and simmering rage into the tale of a family that keeps ending up in the same rut. She and James talk about what they're going to do when they grow up, not porn-ifying poverty, editing vs. new pages, and then give credit to the proofreaders out there. Plus, the wondrous Chip Cheek tells James about the writing and thrilling sale of his novel, CAPE MAY.  - Xhenet Aliu: http://xhenetaliu.com/ Xhenet and James discuss: University of Alabama  Bread Loaf Writers' Conference  University of Georgia  Julie Barer  Avid Bookshop  The Old Pal  - Chip and James discuss:  Gunter Grass  Christopher Castellani  Grub Street Bread Loaf Writers' Conference  Emerson College  Whitney Scharer  Jennifer De Leon  Becky Tuch  Celeste Ng  Adam Stumacher  Calvin Hennick Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich  Katherine Fausset Curtis Brown, Ltd.  Laura van den Berg  Benjamin Percy  Josh Weil Deb Futter  Jamie Raab Celadon Books  Macmillan Publishing  Ren and Stimpy  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

In her day job, Amy P. Knight is a lawyer specializing in death penalty cases. She has also written a fascinating and wholly original novel, LOST, ALMOST, which depicts the life of a physicist who works on nuclear weapons. She and James talk about the intricate structure of the novel, the warmth of her descriptions of science and math, and the virtues of writing by hand. Then, Whitney Scharer talks about the incredible deal for her debut novel, THE AGE OF LIGHT.  - Amy P. Knight: https://amypknight.com/ Amy and James discuss: AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin WAR GAMES  Freeman Dyson  Richard Feynman  Vassar College Matthew Lansburgh  University of Arizona  THE IMPERFECTIONISTS by Tom Rachman  LIARS AND SAINTS by Maile Meloy  Ann Patchett  - Whitney Scharer: https://www.whitneyscharer.com/ Whitney and James discuss: Peabody Essex Museum Man Ray Lee Miller Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Sonya Larson VCCA  Sonya Larson  Julie Barer  Judy Clain  Little, Brown and Company  Grub Street Harvard Book Store  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/