Season 3, Episode 13 – Eileen Brill
In Season 3, Episode 13 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast, host Colin Mustful chats with Eileen Brill, author of the novel A Letter in the Wall. During the conversation, Brill talks about the letter she found the wall of her home that inspired this story. She also talks about the research she did to learn more about the women who write the letter, how she creates relatable, complex characters, and her experience publishing the novel with a hybrid press. Don’t miss it!
About the Author
Eileen Grace Brill is a painter, writer, and Sign Language Interpreter who grew up outside of Philadelphia and graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a B.S. in Economics. She has written professionally for the restaurant, hotel, and commercial real estate industries. A Letter in the Wall is her first novel, though she has been a writer all her life, beginning at age four when she wrote a poem (filled with spelling errors!) for her babysitter. Eileen’s short story “Christmas Angel” appeared in the international literary magazine Beyond Words in 2021. She and her husband Eli raised their sons in her hometown of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, where they still live, along with their two adopted mutts, Athena and Gaia.
