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My guest today is Chanel Cleeton, author of The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes listed in the Literature category on Art In Fiction.

View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FN2q5JDLLEk

• Chanel's inspiration for the novel as her love letter to books and a celebration of the power of reading.
• Her passion for exploring more about Cuban American history and her own heritage as the child of Cuban immigrants.
• Use of three time periods in the novel and the role played by the Spanish-American war in 1900, particularly the cultural exchanges between the US and Cuba that took place.
• How the novel feels topical given the current political situation.
• Challenges of writing a triple time novel with three main characters.
• Use of suspense in the novel.
• Which of the three characters (Ava in 1900, Pilar in 1966 and Margo in 2024) Chanel identifies with most.
• Chanel's favorite book (or books)!
• Reading from The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes.
• One thing that Chanel learned from writing this novel that she didn't realize before.
• What Chanel is working on now.

Read more about Chanel Cleeton on her website: https://www.chanelcleeton.com/

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