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Emily Franklin is the author of more than twenty novels and a poetry collection, Tell Me How You Got Here. Her award-winning work has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Guernica, JAMA, and numerous literary magazines as well as featured and read aloud on NPR and named notable by the Association of Jewish Libraries. A lifelong visitor to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, she lives outside of Boston with her family including two dogs large enough to be lions.
Advance Praise for The Lioness of Boston Franklin's gorgeous, extraordinarily intimate and timely novel about Isabella Stewart Gardner showcases the life of a daring, brilliant woman who refused to be confined by the mores of her day, even as she searched for her truest self. So richly alive, I was running to Google to reacquaint myself with every mentioned painting, so moving, I wept over the tragedies and delighted in her bold success. How could any reader not be inspired by the cast of creatives including Oscar Wilde, Henry James, John Singer Sargent, and more? This book is just shatteringly good, with writing so artful, Isabella herself would surely approve. --Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and With or Without You This beautiful, sensitively written novel explores the fascinating life of Isabella Stewart Gardner--feminist before feminism, celebrity before celebrity. Captivating and evocative, Becoming Isabella transported me to America's Golden Age. I couldn't put it down. --Jessica Shattuck, New York Times bestselling author of The Women in the Castle I can think of no writer as perfect as Emily Franklin to tell the story of this rich, historical era and of this unconventional woman who fought to shape a vibrant and bold life within it. Powerful work from a powerful writer. --Rachel Kadish, author of The Weight of Ink, winner of the National Jewish Book Award A novel of blazing insight, Becoming Isabella captures the daring life and mind of the unforgettable woman who transformed American art and the city of Boston itself. This masterfully written work of historical fiction will remind some of Lily King's Euphoria and others of Melanie Benjamin's The Swans of Fifth Avenue. Becoming Isabella is the best kind of novel--at once a deft page-turner and a thrilling love story about a woman's passion for an independent life--that will sear your mind, break your heart, and leave you forever changed. --Dawn Tripp, author of Georgia: A Novel
