EPISODE · Jan 5, 2022 · 37 MIN
Bonus Episode – Marlie Wasserman
from History Through Fiction - The Podcast · host Colin Mustful
Time for a Bonus Episode! This special bonus episode of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features Marlie Wasserman, author of The Murderess Must Die. Host Colin Mustful talks with Wasserman, a debut novelist, about her choice to tell the story of Martha Place, the first women executed by the electric chair. Wasserman also talks about the yellow journalism that plagued media coverage in the late 1890s, and she reflects on how she brought her characters to life using an up close and personal writing style. Don’t miss it!
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Time for a Bonus Episode! This special bonus episode of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features Marlie Wasserman, author of The Murderess Must Die. Host Colin Mustful talks with Wasserman, a debut novelist, about her choice to tell the story of Martha Place, the first women executed by the electric chair. Wasserman also talks about the yellow journalism that plagued media coverage in the late 1890s, and she reflects on how she brought her characters to life using an up close and personal writing style. Don’t miss it!
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