Now Agatha Christie of course, is a little bit different than most of the women I read about because she’s famous. I’m on a mission to excavate really important women from the past and share their legacies. And then that led into this, this really crazy disappearance.īenedict: o the book really does deeply explore the disappearance itself, but it really–– because I have a theme in all of my books. They have that image of her as she was later in life, the perfect silver-haired English matron, but wow. I love the idea of, of taking it and fictionalizing it because Agatha Christie went missing and most people don’t know that.īenedict: I almost felt like the mystery around her disappearance was an invitation for me to go digging and reconstruct this little piece of history, which you’re right.
The second I saw it, I had one of those artistic moments of––darn it––because I love this story. So we are just like literally steeped in Pittsburgh history.Įllison: That’s awesome. So I don’t know how many generations you’ve been here, but my family has been here since the late 1800s. My family has been here for generations as well. She’s a historian and a genealogist.īenedict: I’m loving that. We haven’t been in awhile, but we have family reunions and stuff up there and my cousin actually just bought the family house and is living there.
Well, literally everything in Pittsburgh is right across the bridge, but I live in Sewickley, which is a little historic town, which is literally right across the bridge from Coraopolis. My dad’s from Coraopolis and all my family’s still up there and everything.īenedict: That is literally right across the bridge. So you and I have something in common––the Pittsburgh area. We had a little snow earlier this week and we’re supposed to have some next week. Where are you coming from today?īenedict: I am in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where we have about six inches of snow, which I’m guessing it’s not quite happening in your neck of the woods, huh?Įllison: No. Marie Benedict: I am so excited to be here with you.Įllison: I wish it was in person, but I’m so glad that we’re able to make this work virtually. Ellison: Marie, hi, I am so excited to have you here today. Her mission is to excavate from the past the most important, complex and fascinating women of history and bring them into the light of present-day where we can finally perceive the breadth of their contributions as well as the insights they bring to modern day issues. Marie Benedict is New York Times bestselling author and a lawyer with more than ten years’ experience as a litigator at two of the country’s premier law firms, who found her calling unearthing the hidden historical stories of women.
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