Valerie Martin
Author
Valerie Martin is the author of three collections of short fiction, most recently The Unfinished Novel and Other Stories, and eight novels, including Trespass; Italian Fever; The Great Divorce; Mary Reilly, the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story told from the viewpoint of a housemaid, which was filmed with Julia Roberts and John Malkovich; and the Orange Prize–winning Property. She is also the author of a nonfiction work about St. Francis of Assisi: Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. Francis. She resides in upstate New York.
The influences are vast and range from race relations to hurricane Katrina to the “spooky” ethos of the city.
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Valerie Martin on the mythology of the Big Easy.
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It can not be, Martin says, but it takes time.
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