My small piece Butterfly has been published in Issue 28 of the excellent Mascara Literary Review. Thank you so much Michelle Cahill, and all at Mascara, for the opportunity. You can find my reviews for Mascara here too.
Just before Christmas I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by Debbi Mack for her site and podcast, Crime Cafe. Having Covid over Christmas prevented me from posting about it earlier, but it was great fun! I loved talking about Kiki Button and all the ins and out of 1920s Paris.
You can find the podcast with transcript here.
You can find the video here.
You can find my guest post – with giveaway! – here.
To enter the giveaway, just tell me Who is the 1920s personality you most admire and why? The prize is a copy of the first Kiki Button book, April in Paris, 1921, and you can contact me via email or any of my social media channels.
Earlier this year I had a great chat with Claudine Tinellis of Talking Aussie Books podcast. You can find my interview here, talking all things Kiki, spy novels, and 1920s Paris. Check out the rest of her interviews too; they’re great fun!
In case you missed it…
I was lucky to be interviewed by the House of Mystery Radio show on NBC last month. You can listen to the interview here. I talk about all things 1920s Paris, spy fiction, and strange writing habits. I hope you enjoy it!
I recently chatted with Eric Beetner for Writer Types podcast on historical fiction and the lure of the 1920s. Writer Types is part of the Lit Hub Radio. You can find my episode here or on your podcast subscription service. The whole episode is great and I’m at the very end.
Nicole of WordMothers invited me to write a post on how to write a series. You can read it here.
Historical thrillers have saved me in the last two years. Read about why in my article at Crime Reads.
I feel privileged to share with you four more interviews for Autumn Leaves, 1922.
You can listen to me at House of Mystery podcast.
You can listen to me at Living Arts Canberra.
You can read all about my book, with excerpts, at Jean BookNerd.
You can read all about my writing process at Women Writers, Women’s Books.
There are more on their way too! Thank you so much to Alan, Barbie, Jean, and Barbara for having me.
Last week the most excellent Holly West posted the interview we did for Autumn Leaves, 1922. It was so much fun! Thank you so much, Holly, for the opportunity.
You can find the recorded interview on YouTube and the transcript on Do Some Damage.
Autumn Leaves, 1922 has also received a great review from Booklist:
“A mesmerizing, highly original tale that’s part spy thriller, part ode to a postwar Paris, part love story, and part mystery, Lunney’s latest features unique and captivating characters, rapid action, and a cliff-hanger ending.”
These are the last few days of the pre-order – the book is out on Tuesday August 3rd! Put your order in today to get a copy as soon as possible.
Pegasus Books and Simon & Schuster
Internationally:
In the USA:
IndieBound and Barnes and Noble
In Australia:
Booktopia and Abbey’s Bookshop and Kinokuniya Sydney and Dymocks and Readings
In New Zealand:
In Canada:
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