Send us a textA pioneer of the detective/mystery genre who began writing locked-room mystery novels a decade before Agatha Christie, Carolyn Wells was a turn-of-the-twentieth century celebrity who counted Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, and Mark Twain among her many famous friends and fans. Guest Rebecca Rego Barry, whose new book is The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations Into a Forgotten Mystery Author, joins us to discuss Wells and her 1936 detective novel, Murder in the Bookshop. Discussed in this episode:Arthur Conan DoyleAnna Katharine GreenThe Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations into a Forgotten Mystery Author by Rebecca Rego BarryAgatha ChristieFine Books and Collections magazineRare Books Uncovered: True Stories of Fantastic Finds in Unlikely Places by Rebecca Rego BarryFrom Page to Place: American Literary Tourism and the Afterlives of American AuthorsLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 114 On Elsie RobinsonWalden by Henry David ThoreauMurder in the Bookshop by Carolyn WellsVicky Van by Carolyn WellsThe “Patty” books by Carolyn WellsCrimeReads.comMurder of the Unknown WomanLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 112 on Rona Jaffe’s The Best of EverythingMain Street by Sinclair LewisPtomaine Street by Caroline WellsLost Ladies of Lit Patreon pageSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

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