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Ella Fitzgerald & Marilyn Monroe in Can't We Be Friends by Denny S. Bryce & Eliza Knight
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Listen in as I chat with Denny S. Bryce and Eliza Knight, co-authors of Can't We Be Friends: A Novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe listed in the Music category on Art In Fiction.
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- How Denny & Eliza decided to write their novel about Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe
- Research tidbits that led them into the story
- How both Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe changed the face of entertainment--Ella in jazz and Marilyn in film
- Marilyn Monroe as one of the first female producers
- Ella Fitzgerald's influence on jazz and how she made sure she was in the mix for each change in music trends within jazz
- What the friendship meant from each woman's point of view
- The power of female friendship; quote from Michele Obama
- Ella and Marilyn, and their relationships with the men in their lives
- How Can't We Be Friends is a novel about striving to be the best, about excellence even more than fame
- How Ella Fitzgerald was "dangerous"
- Challenges that Eliza & Denny faced writing a novel about two real people
- Reading by Denny Bryce from Can't We Be Friends
- Reading by Eliza Knight from Can't We Be Friends
- The collaboration process--how Denny & Eliza wrote the novel together
- What both Eliza & Denny learned from writing Can't We Be Friends
- Use of first and third person in Can't We Be Friends
- The power of spreadsheets!
- What Denny is working on now
- What Eliza is working on now
Press Play now & be sure to check out Can't We Be Friends on Art In Fiction.
Denny S. Bryce's Website
Eliza Knight's Website
Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
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