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Episode 164: Novelist Spotlight #164: John Darnton, Pulitzer-winning NYT veteran turned novelist
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In the spotlight is John Darnton, novelist and author of six novels, including “Burning Sky,” his latest. Darnton worked 40 years at the New York Times cover city hall before becoming a foreign correspondent in Africa; Warsaw, Poland; Madrid; and London. Along the way he won a Pulitzer Prize and two George Polk Awards, while moonlighting as a novelist. In addition to his six novels, Darnton has also written a memoir (“Almost a Family”) about his father’s life and death as a foreign war correspondent.
We discuss:
>> The transition from reporter to novelist
>> His daily word count
>> His work style pre- and post-retirement
>> The inspiration of Charles Darwin
>> His father’s life and death
>> Reporting on Lech Walesa and Poland’s Solidarity movement
>> Etc.
Learn more about John Darnton here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/6414/john-darnton/
Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no
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