Julie Orringer, author of LUNA, PHOENIX, QUEEN
Julie Orringer is the author of four books of fiction: the NYT bestselling novel The Invisible Bridge; the story collection How to Breathe Underwater; The Flight Portfolio, the inspiration for the Netflix series Transatlantic, which aired in 2023; and, most recently, luna, phoenix, queen.
Julie’s stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including The Granta Book of the American Short Story and The Scribner Anthology of American Short Fiction. She is the winner of numerous prizes and fellowships including from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Julie joins Marrie to talk through so many issues and struggles that writers confront and how she works through them. From practical matters — like getting the work done — to craft techniques —like managing time in fiction and how she uses her famous notebooks (more of Julie’s notebook pages for this novel can be found on Facebook here) — they talk about it all.
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(Recorded on October 9, 2026)
Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
Host: Marrie Stone
Music: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, etc.)