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This week we were joined in the writerâs studio by Coco Mellors, author of one of our biggest selling novels of the year, Cleopatra and Frankenstein.
Itâs the story of a woman and a manâCleo and Frankâwho meet in New York on New Yearâs Eve 2006, who fall in love despiteâor perhaps because ofâtheir very many differences, and whose marriage within months causes not only an earthquake in their own lives, but also sends disruptive aftershocks out into the lives of their friends and families. All of which makes Cleopatra and Frankenstein one of the most devilishly readable debuts of the year.
Buy Cleopatra and Frankenstein: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/product/6416505/mellors-coco-cleopatra-and-frankenstein
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Coco Mellors grew up in London and New York. She has an MFA from New York University, where she was a recipient of the Goldwater Fellowship. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband.
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