Turn The Page – Episode 400B – Yosha Gunasekera

About this episode

Yosha Gunasekera discusses her novel THE MIDNIGHT TAXI, inspired by her experiences as a public defender.

Former Manhattan public defender and author Yosha Gunasekera draws upon her career in the criminal legal system in THE MIDNIGHT TAXI, in which a Sri Lankan American taxi driver must work to clear her name when the last fare of the nigth turns up dead in her backseat.

People in this episode

Guest: Yosha Gunasekera

Topics covered

• criminal justice
• fiction
• author interview
• taxi driver
• mystery
• legal system

Keywords

• Yosha Gunasekera
• THE MIDNIGHT TAXI
• criminal legal system
• Sri Lankan American
• taxi driver
• mystery novel

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: THE MIDNIGHT TAXI

Places: Sri Lankan, Manhattan

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