Hannah Beer is a writer from North West England. She lives in London and works in communications. A reformed fangirl, she has an encyclopedic knowledge of celebrity culture that she writes about in her newsletter Emotional Speculation. When not working or writing, she enjoys reading, going to gigs, and cooking elaborate meals for her friends.
Beer's new novel is I Make My Own Fun.
At Electric Lit the author tagged eight books about the excesses and intrigues of celebrity. One title on the list:
The Favorites by Layne FargoRead about the other entries on Beer's list at Electric Lit.
Wuthering Heights meets Ice Princess. Need I say more? In all seriousness, I was wildly entertained by this novel. Followingcompetitive figure skater Katarina Shaw and her childhood sweetheart-turned skating partner Heath Rocha on their dramatic, often scandalous road to the Olympics, it’s a tale of love, ambition, and notoriety. It asks whether it’s possible to have one without sacrificing the others. What this book does well—alongside making reading about figure skating feel like watching it (no mean feat)—is showcase just how many people are involved in making—and keeping—somebody famous. It offers as much a peek behind the fame machine as it does the world of Olympians, and I gobbled it up in one sitting.
--Marshal Zeringue