Typewriter Beach will be in stores July 1, 2025!
Set in 1957 and 2018 Carmel-by-the-Sea and Hollywood, Typewriter Beach is an unforgettable story of the unlikely friendship between an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock’s new star, and a granddaughter who, sixty years later, finds a hidden safe full of secrets — raising questions about who the screenwriter known simply as Chazan really was, and whether she can live up to his name.
“Irresistible… Clayton expertly interweaves Gemma’s, Isabella’s, and Léon’s tales as each attempt to forge their path in a cutthroat industry. Readers will be riveted.”
– Publisher’s Weekly (STARRED review)
Older News:
The Postmistress of Paris is a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice (February 13, 2022)
and
a Good Morning America Buzz Pick (December 11, 2021):
More News about The Postmistress of Paris
- It’s a People Magazine pick
- The San Francisco Chronicle calls The Postmistress of Paris “An evocative love story layered with heroism and intrigue — the film ‘Casablanca’ if Rick had an artsy bent … powerful.”
- an IndieNext Selection for December — US Booksellers favorite reads!
- #2 on the LoanStars list — the most anticipated books as voted by library staff across Canada
- received a starred Library Journal review (“⭐️ A true gem … a testament to the power of good.”)
- is one of Publishers Weekly’s Notable Book for Fall/Winter 2021!
- PublishersLunch Notable New Release for November 2021
- Bookbub Best Historical Fiction to Read this Fall
- received a starred Publishers Weekly Review (“This sterling portrait of a complex woman stands head and shoulders above most contemporary WWII fiction.”)
- Book tour dates, with in-person and virtual events, Listed Here.
New Interviews with Meg:
- Meg Waite Clayton on Finding New Ways to Tell Old Stories: Meg chats with Jane Ciabattari on Lithub
- Evanston heiress Mary Jayne Gold, who helped rescue Jews and artists in Nazi-occupied France, is the inspiration for a new novel by a bestselling author by Nara Schoenberg in the Chicago Tribune
- Art, Love, and Resistance in 1940s: Talking with Meg Waite Clayton by Lucy Jane Bledsoe in The Rumpus
- “The Postmistress of Paris: A WWII Drama Celebrating a Heroine Who Saved Parisians from the Nazis” by Jessica Gliddon in Marin Magazine October 21, 2021
News about The Last Train to London
- The Last Train to London was on the September 2, 2021 USA Today bestseller list.
Other News:
Beautiful Exiles was named by Town & Country Magazine as on of the “11 Best Books Based on True Stories” — on a list with books by John Steinbeck, Jack Kerouak, Colson Whitehead, Hilary Mantel, Tim O’Brien, and Nora Ephron.
The Last Train to London – is an international bestseller! Also
• a bestseller in the U.S., Canada, and Europe
• National Jewish Book Award finalist
• Screenplay selected for the Meryl Streep- and Nicole Kidman-sponsored The Writer’s Lab
• Indie Next Great Read!
• “Tipped” by DWDD, the most popular tv talk show in the Netherlands• Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choice
• ⭐ Starred reviews in Booklist and Library Journal
• BBC Top 10 Reads
• Cosmopolitan 10 new good books to read
• American Library Association/Booklist “Best New Books”
• New York Post list of the fall books everyone is talking about
• Publishers Weekly’s Book Deal of the Week
• Publisher’s Marketplace Buzz Book
• Library Journal most anticipated Historical Fiction titles
• BookExpo’s hottest galleys
More about it here.
Read a bit about Meg and the novel in Punch Magazine.
