Crime Author Lied About Murdered Wife
French author Stéphane Bourgoin, who has sold millions of crime books about serial killers, has been exposed as a fraud, having lied about FBI training at Quantico and interviewing Charles Manson. In an interview admitting his deceits, he also stated he made up having a wife who was murdered by a serial killer, and that he borrowed the story from a real victim whom he had met briefly.
To The Post Office! (Online Store Of Course)
The USPS is celebrating the 1920s Harlem Renaissance with gorgeous stamps honoring some of the cultural and literary voices of the movement. The 20 forever stamps release on May 21st (you can pre-order!) with graphically designed portraits of “novelist Nella Larsen; bibliophile and historian Arturo Alfonso Schomburg; poet Anne Spencer; and writer, philosopher, educator and arts advocate Alain Locke, who is known as the dean of the Harlem Renaissance.”
Ferrante To Netflix!
HBO may have adapted Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend into a series, but Netflix and Fandango snagged her next novel The Lying Life of Adults for adaptation. The novel, already published in Italy, was originally set for US publishing in June, but has moved to September because of the pandemic. You can check out the Netflix trailer announcement.