In their epic novels, David Ebershoff and Michael Meehan take us back and forth in time as events from the past shed light on contemporary mysteries and their protagonists' search for the truth. They discuss buried secrets and digging up the past with Stephen Muecke.
DAVID EBERSHOFF (INTERNATIONAL) DAVID EBERSHOFF is the author of three novels: Pasadena, The Danish Girl and, most recently, the international bestseller The 19th Wife. His fiction has won a number of awards including the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Lambda Literary Award. His work has been translated into 15 languages to critical acclaim. Nicole Kidman is scheduled to star in and produce the film adaptation of The Danish Girl in late 2009. David teaches in the graduate writing program at Columbia University and is an editor-at-large at Random House in New York City.
MICHAEL MEEHAN (INTERSTATE) MICHAEL MEEHAN studied law at the University of Adelaide, and literature at Monash and Cambridge Universities. He has taught in universities in many countries in Europe and Asia, and is a professor and former head of the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University. His novels have been published in Australia, the UK and the US, and he won the NSW Premier's Award for Fiction in 2000 with his first novel, The Salt of Broken Tears. His latest novel is Deception.
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