John Burnham Schwartz
In conversation with journalist Anne Taylor Fleming
The author of Reservation Road sets his mesmerizing new novel in 1959 Japan when Haruko, a non-aristocratic woman, marries the Crown Prince and enters the sealed-off and mysterious Japanese monarchy.
John Burnham Schwartz is the author of the novels Claire Marvel, Bicycle Days and Reservation Road, which is being made into a motion picture based on his screenplay, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, and Jennifer Connelly. His books have been translated into more than fifteen languages and his writing has appeared in many publications, including the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Boston Globe, and Vogue. He lives with his wife and son in Brooklyn, New York.
Anne Taylor Fleming is a nationally recognized journalist. She is a regular on-camera essayist for "The News Hour" with Jim Lehrer and the author of two novels: As If Love Were Enough; Marriage: A Duet and a work of nonfiction: Motherhood Deferred: A Woman's Journey. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, The New Yorker, Town & Country, and more. She has been a TV commentator for CBS and a radio commentator for NBC.
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