EPISODE · May 9, 2021 · 11 MIN
Jacqueline Bublitz: Author's debut novel Before You Knew My Name sparks international bidding war
from The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin · host Newstalk ZB
The debut novel from Taranaki author Jacqueline Bublitz has set the international publishing world alight.Before You Knew My Name is a crime novel exploring trauma, connection and the cultural obsession with Dead Girls.It’s been pitched as The Lovely Bones for the MeToo era and earned high praise from mega-star author Marian Keys, who described it as “unusual, beautiful, feminist, gripping, deserves to win prizes”.And the book is now getting published worldwide after sparking a massive bidding war between publishers.Bublitz joined Francesca Rudkin from her home in New Plymouth to discuss the excitement around her novel.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The debut novel from Taranaki author Jacqueline Bublitz has set the international publishing world alight. Before You Knew My Name is a crime novel exploring trauma, connection and the cultural obsession with Dead Girls. It’s been pitched as The...
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