AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Emily Beyda Books and the City

Special guests galore this week!! We are thrilled to be back with another Thursday author interview. Today, Becky and Emily speak to Emily Beyda, author of the highly anticipated debut, The Body Double. This suspenseful novel, in the vein of Hitchcock’s Vertigo, tells the dark, glittering story of a young woman who is recruited by a stranger to give up her old life and identity to impersonate a reclusive Hollywood star. Stay tuned to hear all about Emily’s inspiration behind this (as Kayla would say) mind-f*** of a book, including her own upbringing in Los Angeles, her feelings on celebrity culture and how it’s changed over time, the nature of isolation, and the W I L D story of the first (unpublished) novel she ever wrote. Read on for buy links! And please feel free to drop us a line about this interview, Emily’s work, or anything else you'd like to tell us at booksandthecitypod@gmail.com. ------------------------>

The Body Double by Emily Beyda: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608690/the-body-double-by-emily-beyda/

Emily’s LA rec: The Museum of Jurassic Technology, https://www.mjt.org/

What she’s reading now: The Beetle by Richard Marsh: https://broadviewpress.com/product/the-beetle/#tab-description

Daniel Deronda by George Eliot: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/45821/daniel-deronda-by-george-eliot-introduction-by-edmund-white/

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