by LB | Dec 17, 2016 | In Sunlight or in Shadow
Before I wrote my own story for In Sunlight or in Shadow, I took my time poring over Hopper’s work. I looked, not for the first time, at “Automat”—and all at once a story idea came flooding in. There was only one problem. Kristine Kathryn Rusch had...
by LB | Dec 16, 2016 | In Sunlight or in Shadow
When I drew up my wish list of contributors for In Sunlight or in Shadow, I took a breath before writing Stephen King’s name on it. The man is a phenomenon, even as his work is phenomenal, but the chance he’d be moved to write a story for a new anthology...
by LB | Dec 15, 2016 | In Sunlight or in Shadow
I’d hoped to persuade Gail Levin to provide an introduction for In Sunlight or in Shadow. As the editor of Hopper’s Catalogue Raisonné and the author of his definitive yet wonderfully readable biography, she seemed the perfect choice. She surprised me by...
by LB | Dec 14, 2016 | In Sunlight or in Shadow
When Jonathan Santlofer learned that Megan Abbott had chosen “Girlie Show” as the inspiration for her story for In Sunlight or in Shadow, he confided that he would have picked it himself if she hadn’t beaten him to it. “Oh, that would have been...
by LB | Dec 13, 2016 | In Sunlight or in Shadow
Hieronymus Bosch, the 15th Century Dutch painter, has a namesake in Michael Connelly’s iconic series detective, who’s known to all as Harry. And Harry in turn has had a longstanding connection to Edward Hopper’s most familiar work, Nighthawks. And...
