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A conversation…
Fallen for France
An exquisite Arabian mare. A small boy leaving home in colonial North Africa. A young woman in France fighting to survive World War I. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ride of Her Life braids a sweeping novel of love, war, empire, and the power of kindness in a world descending into darkness.
Elizabeth Letts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion and The Perfect Horse, which won the PEN Award for Research Nonfiction, and most recently, The Ride of Her Life. She is also the author of the novels Finding Dorothy, Quality of Care, and Family Planning. She lives in Maryland and North Michigan.
Judith Krummeck is a writer, broadcaster, and immigrant. Her debut novel, The Deceived Ones, a contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award and for the 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, and it was long-listed for The Somerset Maugham Award. Her biographical memoir, Old New Worlds, an intertwining of immigrant stories, was a finalist in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the 2020 National Indie Excellence Awards®. Her first book, Beyond the Baobab, is a memoir-in-essays about her immigrant experience, and her screenplay, Philida, based on the novel of the same name by André Brink, is in development in South Africa. Judith is the afternoon drive-time host on Maryland’s classical music station, WBJC, 91 .5 FM, and she holds an MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts. She has been awarded two creativity grants from the Maryland State Arts Council.
