Two popular authors are branching out from the type of books they made their name writing, and are earning acclaim in the process.
Lisa Scottoline is the first of these authors. She’s known for her crime fiction. Her new novel “Eternal” breaks the mold as her only (so far) historical novel. She says “I told myself ‘This is what you’ve always wanted. It’s the culmination of your career.’” The genesis of the book goes back decades, to when she took a seminar taught by Philip Roth. There she was introduced to the work of Primo Levi, an Italian Jewish…
