Emilie Loring —Uncharted Seas with Patti Bender

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Get ready to fall hopelessly in love with Emilie Loring, a New England native whose prolific output of richly-detailed romance novels feature the sort of charming characters and snappy dialogue reminiscent of films like The Philadelphia Story and It Happened One Night. Loring’s 30 years of commercial success continued long after her death in 1950, prompting publishers to sell ghost-written “Emilie Loring” novels that continued to sell by the tens of millions. Having read each of Loring’s novels at least 50 times each, guest Patti Bender joins us this week to talk about the author’s captivating life and work as told in her 2023 biography Happy Landings: Emilie Loring’s Life, Writing and Wisdom.

00:00 Introduction to Lost Ladies of Lit
02:04 Guest Introduction: Patti Bender, Emilie Loring's Biographer
05:19 Emilie Loring's Family: A Legacy of Creativity
08:15 Emilie Loring's Marriage and Early Life
10:37 Emilie's Writing Journey: Persistence and Passion
12:32 Exploring Emilie Loring's Romantic Novels
14:04 Diving into 'Uncharted Seas': An Emilie Loring Novel
22:26 The Role of Books During Difficult Times
25:35 Emilie's Legacy: Her Continued Popularity
27:28 Must-Read Loring Titles
28:45 The Hollywood Connection: Emilie's Stories and the Silver Screen
29:21 The Pulitzer Nomination
33:48 The Power of Re-reading: Emilie's Books as Comfort Food
35:15 Conclusion: The Lasting Impact of Emilie's Stories

Mentioned in this Episode

Hallmark movie Her Pen Pal (hallmarkchannel.com/her-pen-pal)
Happy Landings: Emilie Loring’s Life, Writing and Wisdom (simonandschuster.com/books/Happy-Landings/Patt…) by Patti Bender
Lee and Shepard Publishing (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%26_Shepard)
George Melville Baker’s “Among the Breakers” (archive.org/details/amongbreakersdra00bakerich…)
Snappy Stories (pulpmags.org/content/info/snappy-stories.html)
Uncharted Seas (amazon.com/Uncharted-Seas-Emilie-Loring-Romanc…) by Emilie Loring
The ghosts of Stone House (pattibender.com/2023/01/29/the-ghost-of-stone-…) in Blue Hill, Maine
The Philadelphia Story (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Story_(…))
It Happened One Night (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_One_Night)
National Velvet (amazon.com/National-Velvet-Dover-Childrens-Cla…) by Enid Bagnold
Black Beauty: An Autobiography of a Horse (amazon.com/Black-Beauty-Autobiography-Anna-Sew…) by Anna Sewell
Here Comes the Sun (pattibender.com/2016/01/20/here-comes-the-sun) by Emilie Loring
Hilltops Clear (pattibender.com/2015/12/10/holiday-reading-hil…) by Emilie Loring
Give Me One Summer (pattibender.com/2016/04/15/romance-and-intrigu…) by Emilie Loring
Beckoning Trails (pattibender.com/2017/05/06/the-lure-of-mystery…)
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