Friday, July 21, 2023

Q&A with Elizabeth L. Silver

From my Q&A with Elizabeth L. Silver, author of The Majority: A Novel:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?

The title has several meanings that I hope will become clear as people read the book. A majority opinion in the law is literally the judicial decision handed down by a judge or Supreme Court Justice that becomes the law. Also, women are the majority population of America, but the minority in power, and so the novel explores both of these themes as it imagines the life of a first fictional woman on the Supreme Court.

What's in a name?

Sylvia Olin Bernstein, or S.O.B. is the narrator of the story, and her name and initials...[read on]
Learn more about the book and author at Elizabeth L. Silver's website.

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