and complex circumstances, often against a backdrop of historical significance. A multi-award-winning author, her books have earned starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. More than a million of her books are in the hands of readers worldwide.
[Coffee with a Canine: Susan Meissner & Bella; My Book, The Movie: Stars Over Sunset Boulevard; My Book, The Movie: A Bridge Across the Ocean; The Page 69 Test: A Bridge Across the Ocean; The Page 69 Test: The Last Year of the War; The Page 69 Test: Only the Beautiful]
Meissner's new novel, A Map to Paradise, is set in 1956 Malibu during the last days of the Hollywood Red Scare and the era of the blacklist.
At CrimeReads Meissner tagged six favorite novels set in Golden Age Hollywood, including:
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidRead about the other novels on the list at CrimeReads.
This wildly popular novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid is the story of an aging Hollywood movie icon who decides to reveal long-held secretsto a novice magazine reporter. Cosmopolitan aptly says of it, “Come for the glam Old Hollywood vibes, stay for a touching tale of a young reporter and a silver screen legend.” I liked it (the audio version was wonderfully voiced) but if I could be so bold, I liked so much more Reid’s Daisy Jones and the Six. This novel is only merely Hollywood-adjacent, though, taking place in Los Angeles. The story, uniquely constructed in lines of conversation, follows the rise and fall of a 1970s rock band. Everything about it is perfect; I had to list it.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is among People magazine staffers' favorite literary romances, Elizabeth Staple's eight titles about youthful mistakes that come back to haunt you, Katherine St. John's five top fiction titles about Hollywood, and Kerri Jarema's eleven top novels set in Old Hollywood.
--Marshal Zeringue
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