A Very Special Episode: Interview with Sophie Hannah, Author of New Hercule Poirot Novels
All About Agatha Christie
Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2018
⏱️ 59 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Whether it's an under the radar genre or a proper out there podcast, sometimes it's better when you get weird, especially when it comes to switching up your soft drink, introducing new Dr Pepper Zero |
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| 0:24.1 | Weird, but in a surprisingly good way, the podcast dedicated to reading and ranking. |
| 0:39.1 | Every Single Mystery Novel written by The Queen of Prime Dame Agatha Christie. I'm Catherine |
| 0:44.7 | drawback and I'm Camper Donovan and this week we're actually not exactly |
| 0:50.4 | talking about our dear Agatha. We are talking about something that is very much related to her. |
| 0:58.6 | We are lucky enough to have on this week the great Sophie Hannah who most of our listeners will know as |
| 1:06.7 | the author of the continuation Poiro novels and there are three to date the last one just having been |
| 1:16.1 | published in the States a few months ago so we are going to talk to her about all things Agatha, of course, as well as her, you know, |
| 1:28.3 | award-winning and illustrious career, writing everything from poetry to children's fiction to a large number of |
| 1:35.6 | psychological thrillers in addition of course to our beloved Poirot. So we could |
| 1:41.7 | not be more thrilled to have Sophie on. She's been a great friend to us and while we have long |
| 1:48.2 | loved our Twitter conversations with her and other exchanges. This was a wide-ranging and I hope for you guys |
| 1:59.3 | insightful conversation into the writing process and into mystery novels and also as it turns that |
| 2:06.3 | how to hold a grudge Sophie's other new book. I just wanted to note that Sophie really has been |
| 2:11.5 | a long time friend of the podcast. We met her all the way back when |
| 2:15.2 | we traveled to Cambridge. Oh so many moons ago, she was so welcoming then and we are just so excited that we finally can have her on the podcast. |
| 2:25.8 | We've been meaning to do this for a while and those Poirot novels which some of you will be familiar with are the monogram murders closed |
| 2:35.8 | casket and then most recently the mystery of three quarters and we won't be |
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