Victoria Benton Frank: Making a new path while walking with grief

About this episode

Walter Edgar interviews Charleston author Victoria Benton Frank about her new novel, The Violet Hour, exploring themes of grief and healing.

This week we’ll be talking with Charleston author Victoria Benton Frank about her new novel, The Violet Hour. Victoria was born in New York City, raised in Montclair, New Jersey, but considers herself to have dual residency in the Lowcountry. She is a graduate of the College of Charleston and the French Culinary Institute. Her mother was the late Dorothea Benton Frank, a best-selling novelist and native of Sullivan’s Island.With the release of The Violet Hour (2026, Simon & Schuster), her second novel, she continues to hone her craft, this time with a story of grief and healing.

People in this episode

Guest: Victoria Benton Frank

Topics covered

• grief
• healing
• novel writing

Keywords

• The Violet Hour
• Charleston
• Dorothea Benton Frank

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Violet Hour

Books & works: The Violet Hour

Places: Charleston, New York City, Montclair, New Jersey, Lowcountry, Sullivan’s Island

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