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NY Times bestselling author of TYPEWRITER BEACH (Harper 7.1.25) & GMA buzz pick and NYT Book Review Editors Choice THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS | #GoBlue

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Meg Clayton’s Biography

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Meg Waite Clayton is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of five novels. Her most recent, the national bestseller The Race for Paris (HarperCollins, August 2015), explores the experiences of women journalists in WWII Europe, a pivotal point in the progress of women journalists. The Race for Paris was honored by the 2015 Langum Prize committee for literary merit and historical accuracy. Meg’s The Wednesday Sisters, named one of Entertainment Weekly's 25 Essential Best Friend Novels…

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'A date which will live in infamy'

'A date which will live in infamy'

Just before 8 a.m. Hawaii time 75 years ago Wednesday, 353 Japanese planes bombed 19 U.S. Navy ships. Half of…

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After The Debate: The Facts On Where The Candidates Stand On Crucial Issues

After The Debate: The Facts On Where The Candidates Stand On Crucial Issues

By Meg Waite Clayton Here are the facts on the actions and positions Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, Joseph Biden, an…

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When Women Cover War

When Women Cover War

(Originally published in the Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2015 and run with Henri Huet's photograph of Dickey C…

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A birth control double standard

A birth control double standard

Condoms are readily available without identification. Why not Plan B? In the uproar about making the morning-…

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And the Emmys for writer and director go to ... a man. Again.

And the Emmys for writer and director go to ... a man. Again.

In 1955, the Emmys recognized writers for the first time. Included in the nominees was Madelyn Pugh for "I Lo…

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Meg Waite Clayton: On the 30th anniversary of the first Women's Olympic Marathon

Meg Waite Clayton: On the 30th anniversary of the first Women's Olympic Marathon

"Once you leave this tunnel, your life will be changed forever." That sounds like a metaphor for any of us go…

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Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of nine novels, including the forthcoming TYPEWRITER BEACH (Harper, July 1, 2025), the Good Morning America Buzz pick and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS, the National Jewish Book Award finalist THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON, the Langum-Prize honored THE RACE FOR PARIS, and THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS, one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time.
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Typewriter Beach

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Skip to main content Jewish Book Month, the founding program of Jewish Book Council, is in its 100th year! Review By – August 11, 2025 This fast-paced novel details the deleterious, life- changing effects of Senator Joe McCarthy’s anti-communist campaign on the writers, actors, and directors of Hollywood. “Fade in” to 1957 when Isabella Giori, an unknown new actress, has recently begun a standard seven year studio contract and is sent to audition for Alfred Hitchcock.
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Typewriter Beach

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Twenty-two-year-old Isabella Giori has high hopes of becoming a big Hollywood star, like many pretty young ladies. The Golden Age has produced such talents as Marilyn Monroe, Ingrid Bergman, Bette Davis and Greta Garbo, to name a few, and she wants to achieve that sort of fame. It’s only a few weeks until the Academy Awards. Iz has a stunning dress and a new hair color, and she is ready for the studio that has her contract to unveil her at this year’s ceremony.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

I have!

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Liv Harper

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From Martha Gellhorn, far wiser than I: “The only way I can pay back for what fate and society have handed me is to try, in minor totally useless ways, to make an angry sound against injustice.” – Martha Gellhorn, in a February 5, 1939 letter to 1st Lady Eleanor Roosevelt