Called the "new star of historical fiction" by Ann Patchett, Paula McLain, the bestselling author of The Paris Wife, continues to explore the women in Ernest Hemingway's life. This time, she has focused on Martha Gellhorn, an ambitious, fiercly independent woman who was one of the greatest war correspondents of the twentieth century, in addition to being Hemingway's wife.

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“Paula McLain cements herself as the writer of historical fiction.”—Jodi Picoult

Paula McLain will be in conversation with Therese Fowler, author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald.