About this episode

The episode features an interview with Linda Margolin Royal discussing her novel inspired by her family's escape from the Holocaust.

My guest today on the Online for Authors podcast is Linda Margolin Royal, author of the book The Star on the Grave. Linda Margolin Royal was born in Sydney, forever thankful her father and grandparents received life-saving transit visas from Chiune Sugihara in 1940, which enabled them to enter Japan and escape the Holocaust. This ultimately meant they could find a permanent, safe home in Australia in 1941. The remainder of her family, numbering in the hundreds, was murdered in concentration camps. She trained as a graphic designer and then copywriter, and spent thirty years in the advertising industry both in Australia and the US, writing advertisement scripts for TV and radio, and general press advertising for multinational newspapers and billboards. Linda’s creative bent extends to abstract painting and drawing from live models. The Star on the Grave is her first novel. In my book review, I stated The Star on the Grave by Linda Margolin Royal is a Holocaust historical fiction. I love historical fiction, especially those based on true family history and those that give me an insight into an aspect of history I didn't know. The novel is a dual timeline showing Rachel's life in…

People in this episode

Host: Teri M Brown

Guest: Linda Margolin Royal

Topics covered

• Holocaust
• historical fiction
• family history
• Japanese diplomat
• dual timeline
• survival

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Star on the Grave

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