Matthew Pearl on Narrative Non-Fiction & The Taking of Jemima Boone

The Photo Detective

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by New York Times bestselling author, Matthew Pearl. He and Maureen discuss the differences between fiction and non-fiction writing, and how little details from our history can change the course of the stories that we tell.

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Episode 189: Historical Fiction Revealed with Carrie Deming of the Dog-Eared Book

Episode 190: Writing Genealogical Crime Mysteries with Nathan Dylan Goodwin

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About My Guest:

Matthew Pearl writes both fiction and nonfiction, including The Taking of Jemima Boone. He is co-founder of the digital magazine Truly*Adventurous.

About Maureen Taylor:

Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada. She’s the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira). She’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany’s top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.com

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