#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast, Lucy Foley, returns to Beyond the Page for a live in-person conversation at GBH Studios.
In the brand-new Miss Marple novel, Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel, Lucy draws inspiration from the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie, transporting one of literature’s most iconic female detectives to a mysterious adventure in the Swiss Alps. Join us as Lucy takes us behind the scenes of her writing and what it means to revive such a beloved fictional character 50 years after the last Miss Marple novel was published.
New York Times bestselling author J. Courtney Sullivan will moderate the conversation.
EVENT TIMELINE:
- 6:30 PM: Registration opens in One Guest Street lobby
- 7 PM: Conversation with Lucy Foley begins (feat. Audience Q&A)
- 8 PM: Book signing line opens
Lucy Foley is a #1 Sunday Times, Irish Times and New York Times bestselling author. More than 10 million copies of her books are in print worldwide, and several are currently being adapted for the screen. She is a Waterstones Thriller of the Month author, a three-time nominee at the British Book Awards, and The Guest List was a Reese’s Book Club selection and winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery Thriller. As a life-long Agatha Christie fan, Lucy has drawn immeasurable inspiration from the Queen of Crime. She was one of 12 writers to contribute to Marple, a collection of short stories featuring the beloved detective. And in Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel, she was inspired to transport Miss Marple – her favorite Christie creation – to the glamorous post-war setting of the Swiss Alps, in a mystery that feels gloriously escapist yet utterly relevant to our times.
J. Courtney Sullivan is the New York Times best-selling author of the novels Commencement, Maine, The Engagements, Saints for All Occasions, Friends and Strangers (a Today Show Read With Jenna selection), and most recently, the Reese’s Book Club pick The Cliffs. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages. Sullivan’s writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, New York, Real Simple, and O: The Magazine, among many other publications. In 2017, she wrote the forewords to new editions of two of her favorite classic novels–Anne of Green Gables and Little Women. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two children. Her forthcoming novel, What Luck, will be published by Knopf in June 2027.
