What does it take to write a novel? What is the process of publishing really like? Join novelists Aimee Molloy and Jillian Medoff in a conversation about fiction, writing, and living a creative life. They’ll share how they published their first novels, how they get ideas, and how they know when something is finished.
Aimee Molloy is the New York Times best-selling author of two novels, Goodnight Beautiful and The Perfect Mother, which was translated into more than twenty-five languages and has been optioned by HBOMax. She is also the author of several books of non-fiction, including However Long the Night and Rosewater, which was made into a movie written and directed by Jon Stewart. She lives in the Berkshires with her family.
Jillian Medoff is the acclaimed author of When We Were Bright and Beautiful, a fast-paced, thrilling, deeply emotional novel about power, privilege, and consent set on NYC’s Upper East Side. She also has written four other novels: This Could Hurt, I Couldn’t Love You More (national bestseller), Good Girls Gone Bad, and Hunger Point. Hunger Point was made into an original cable movie starring Christina Hendricks and Barbara Hershey and directed by Joan Micklin Silver (Lifetime TV, 2003). A former fellow at MacDowell, Blue Mountain Center, VCCA and Fundacion Valparaiso in Spain, Jillian has an MFA from New York University.
Now in its 16th season, the Distinguished Lecture Series is organized and hosted by Dr. Jeremy Yudkin. Dr. Yudkin is a resident of the Berkshires and Professor of Music and Co-Director of the Center for Beethoven Research at Boston University. Every summer at the Lenox Library he presents the pre-concert lectures for the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood season.
All programs in the Distinguished Lecture Series are free and open to the public.