They were my people, and I decided to go into journalism instead. “The people were absolutely nuts, and I wanted to be around that brand of crazy.

Then she had a summer internship at Philadelphia Magazine. from the prohibition era.Ībbott’s new book is “The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder that Shocked Jazz Age America.” It tells the tale of George Remus, a bootlegger with a story that involves love, betrayal, death, and more betrayal.īut before Abbott was the author of four works of narrative non-fiction, she wanted to be a lawyer. And Wednesday at Carmichael’s Books, New York Times bestselling author Karen Abbott is bringing the city some of the hottest and juiciest bourbon news. As always, thank you for reading.Louisville loves to read news about bourbon, and Louisville loves to throw prohibition-themed parties. In the meantime, follow me and sign up for my (very occasional and non-spammy) newsletter. I’ll be updating this site as my publication dates approach. The other decides to reinvent that history, a choice that both threatens their bond and, ultimately, their very lives… Where You End, my fiction debut, is set in the 1970s and 80s, and tells the story of identical twin sisters who find themselves in a terrifying predicament: One of them has suffered a strange case of amnesia, remembering only her sister’s face and name but none of their shared history. Then Came the Devil is the true (nonfiction) account of a 1930s Utopian experiment on the Galápagos Islands that went horribly awry I like to call it Lord of the Flies for adults.

I have two forthcoming books as Abbott Kahler. From now on, I’ll be writing both nonfiction and fiction under the name Abbott Kahler (pronounced Kay-ler) you can read the strange story behind my name change here. Under the name Karen Abbott, I’ve written four nonfiction books that explore different periods of history learn more about them here.

When you pick up one of my books, be it about the world’s most famous brothel or the real-life bootlegger who inspired Jay Gatsby, I hope the story transports you to the most intriguing, dramatic, and suspenseful moments of the past-moments that still resonate today.

I like to say that people who write history are in the business of time travel.

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