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Ellen Bryson On Writing and Publishing Her First Novel

In her first novel, The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno, Ellen Bryson tells the story of the title character, Fortuno, a thin man who struggles to leave P.T. Barnum’s show, Curiosities of Human Nature, in mid 1860s New York and his obsessive attraction to newcomer, Iell, a bearded lady. In a Q&A with LiveWriteLive.com, Bryson shares her [...]

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