Jean Hanff Korelitz & 'The Plot': Complicated Conversations Series (WITH SPOILERS)

Pop Fiction Women

On this special edition, spoiler-filled episode of Complicated Conversation we welcome New York Times bestselling author, Jean Hanff Korelitz, the author of the novels You Should Have Known (which aired on HBO as The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, and Donald Sutherland), Admission (adapted as a film in 2013 starring Tina Fey), and others. Her new novel, THE PLOT, is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it.

We chat with Jean about why the book didn't seem like the right fit for us until we read it. We discuss the musical Hamilton, changing course, and the voice that tells us that we can't do something as Jean speaks candidly about the process of writing and publishing.

We also "went there" with Jean, asking about the ending of the novel and the motivation for characters' actions. We get into an interesting debate about whether men and women have the right to tell the same stories. You won't hear the author discuss the ending anywhere else. So if you've read the book, listen now!! And if you haven't read it yet, what are you waiting for?!?

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