A.M Homes is an award-winning nonfiction author, novelist, short-storry writer, playwright, and librettist. This is the first time she and Jen speak together, having been introduced virtually by a mutual friend. In this conversation, AMH lives her axiom that, “People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.” In fact, she even commandeers the interview for a bit, getting Jen to talk about her past and future own writing projects. A love of history permeates AMH’s fictional work, as she uses post-WWII American history as structural pins to help llustrate how we got from there to where we are today. In her newest novel, The Unfolding historical moments and figures function as much more than backdrops. These important events are embedded in the inner lives of her well-observed characters, and these characters do more than react, they are catalysts. Her previous work includes, This Book Will Save Your Life, which won the 2013 Orange/Women’s Prize for Fiction, Music For Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers, and Jack, as well as the short-story collections, Days of Awe, Things You Should Know and The Safety of Objects. Contact Booked Up: You can email Jen & the Booked Up team at: [email protected] or by writing to: BOOKED UP P.O. BOX 147 NORTHAMPTON, MA 01061 Get More from A.M. Homes Twitter | Website | Author of THE UNFOLDING and THE MISTRESS’S DAUGHTER Get More from Jen Taub: Twitter | Website | Author of BIG DIRTY MONEY

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