Joanna Margaret, THE BEQUEST: A Dark Academia Thriller

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Zibby interviews art historian and debut author Joanna Margaret about The Bequest, a richly atmospheric thriller about an American Ph.D. student who moves to Scotland and finds herself embroiled in a 450-year-old mystery. Joanna talks about her own trajectory from Ph.D. student to archival historian and writer (this book is based on a 16th-century Italian letter she decoded herself!), her experience as Joyce Carol Oates’ MFA student, and the challenge of writing such a complex story. The two also chat about the importance of brick-and-mortar bookstores (Zibby is opening one in LA!!!), and Joanna reveals the details of her next project.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now.
0:07.8	Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:10.7	It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or
0:21.1	less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this
0:25.9	podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature,
0:31.8	wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can
0:37.4	learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com,
0:39.5	but really you're here to learn more about the authors,
0:42.2	and that is what we're going to do.
0:44.4	Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts
0:46.9	in the ZCast Podcast Network.
0:49.4	You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com
0:51.9	and definitely check out those shows as well.
1:00.8	Joanna Margaret is the author of The Bequest.
1:04.4	Joanna is an art historian whose previous writing and scholarly work has focused on Florentine aristocrats in 16th century France.
1:08.2	She holds a PhD from the University of St. Andrews and an MFA from NYU,
1:12.4	where Joyce Carol Oates served as her thesis advisor. You can also listen to Joyce Carol Oates on this
1:17.0	podcast. The Bequest is her first novel. Welcome, Joanna. Thank you so much for coming on
1:22.0	Mom's Don't Have Time to Read Books to discuss The Bequest.
1:25.7	Thank you, Zibby. It's so great to be here.
1:28.2	Such an honor to be on your podcast.
1:30.2	Aw, thank you for saying that.
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