Recently, The Sparkle Bookstore hosted historical novelist Leisha Douglas for a talk on her novel Triple Threat: The Story of a 1920s Broadway Star. In case you missed it, here’s a conversation we had with her about writing historical fiction, the surprises in store, and getting to know her amazing grandmother, Elizabeth Hines.
Leisha Douglas: Reclamation Through Fiction by Donna Lee Miele
With her novel Triple Threat, Douglas uncovers the Broadway star who sued Florenz Ziegfeld . . . and won. Her grandmother.
Triple Threat: The Story of a 1920s Broadway Star Written by Leisha Douglas Review by Deborah Cay Wilding Set in the glittering jazz-age world of 1920s New York City, Triple Threat chronicles the true-life career of Elizabeth Hines in her dazzling rise to Broadway stardom. Her stage debut at sixteen brings her to the attention of…