“Old monsters, new world, same havoc.”
The authors of "The Ghost of the Mary Celeste" and "The Frangipani Hotel" on writing, mentorship, and, of course, the spirit world
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Frangipani Hotel Review in Shelf Awareness
“Each of the stories is replete with characters both fabulous and ordinary, stories out of this world and firmly rooted in it. Each is meticulously told by a storyteller talented and wise beyond her years.”
Shelf Talker: Violet Kupersmith's stories contain clashes between the real world and the spirit world, with a cast of diverse characters, many fantastical.
A Beginner's Guide to Vietnamese Ghosts
“It’s the ghost without a clear purpose that frightens me, and those are the ones who tend to populate the stories that I encountered during my solo travels around Vietnam after college...”
Written for Huffpost Books
Violet On Writing
“It became clear that I needed to go back to Texas and pay a visit to my source for all things Vietnamese and superstitious: my grandmother...”
Guest blog post for Guiltless Reading
5 Things You Didn't Know About the Frangipani Hotel
“[It] all began because I had a crush on a hotel doorman....”
Guest blog post for Books a la Mode
