Christina Lynch (Author of The Italian Party)
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Christina Lynch is the author of The Italian Party (St. Martin's, 2018) and Sally Brady's Italian Adventure (St. Martin's, 2023). Her newest novel is the comic mystery Pony Confidential, coming November 5, 2024 from Berkley. She is also the co-author of two novels under the pen name Magnus Flyte, City of Dark Magic and City of Lost Dreams.

Christina lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada with two dogs, three horses and a pony, and teaches at a community college in central California. She is happy to answer your questions about Italy, writing, horses and ponies, or how to keep your dog off the sofa (answer: don't even try).
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Christina Lynch For me, travel is a great inspiration. It shakes up my routine, forces me to notice things, and exposes me to new places, new histories. As I write th…moreFor me, travel is a great inspiration. It shakes up my routine, forces me to notice things, and exposes me to new places, new histories. As I write this, I'm on Prince Edward Island in Canada. It's such a beautiful place--green fields, the deep blue of the ocean and unusual red cliffs and sand. The history here goes back 10 thousand years to the arrival of the first humans on the island, and the fossil record goes much farther back than that. Lots of stories!(less)
Christina Lynch I won't give too much away, since the novel doesn't come out until June 2023, but I will say that when talking to people who survived WWII, and readin…moreI won't give too much away, since the novel doesn't come out until June 2023, but I will say that when talking to people who survived WWII, and reading the wartime diaries of women, I was struck by how funny they were, how they were able to laugh even during a tragedy. That sense of humor, that desire to find the light in the darkness, that we might demeaningly call "plucky" or even find inappropriate or offensive, intrigued me. I began to see how humor was a potent weapon when fighting a Fascist government that sought total control over its people. (less)
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"Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure is a remarkable WWII novel that accomplishes the difficult feat of balancing levity and gravity. The heroine, Sally Brady, is reminiscent of one of the glamorous, wise-cracking dames from a 1930s screwball comedy, and " Read more of this review »
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I loved this book--spooky setting in an Italian castle in 1965, nuanced and complex female protagonist, and engaging mystery. Lots of fun details about making movies, Italian life, and the fallout from WWII. If you would like an Italian escape (and w ...more
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“American tourists come here and they see only the happy, beautiful Italy they want to see, and that the Italians want them to see. The party. They don’t see the scars. The ongoing struggles. Why would they? They don’t see them at home, either.”
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“The world’s first bank was born here—Monte dei Paschi di Siena, in 1472. Before Columbus even set sail!”
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