Time for a Bonus Episode! This special bonus episode of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features Marlie Wasserman, author of The Murderess Must Die. Host Colin Mustful talks with Wasserman, a debut novelist, about her choice to tell the story of Martha Place, the first women executed by the electric chair. Wasserman also talks about the yellow journalism that plagued media coverage in the late 1890s, and she reflects on how she brought her characters to life using an up close and personal writing style. Don’t miss it!

About the Author

Marlie Wasserman writes historical crime fiction. Her debut novel, THE MURDERESS MUST DIE, tells the story of Martha Place, the first woman to die in the electric chair. Before she turned to novels, Marlie ran a university press specializing in nonfiction books in the social sciences and humanities. When she is not writing, Marlie sketches and travels. Topping her bucket list is a visit to each of the United States’ sixty-two national parks. She has visited thirty-nine to date.