Alessandra Ranelli in conversation with Abby Dunn
Schedule
Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 06:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Murder by the Book | Houston, TX
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Alessandra Ranelli is a queer American writer living in Vienna, Austria. Murder at the Hotel Orient is her first crime novel. She has the full support of the real Hotel Orient, and has been allowed access to all its rooms, even the secret ones. As part of her extensive book research, she left her career as a pastry chef and became a hotel receptionist. She is currently writing her second novel. Alessandra is known for her New York Times Modern Love essay "Two Kisses We Never Talked About."Abby Dunn is the creator of Crime by the Book, a crime fiction-focused Instagram account and website. She is the Fiction and Marketing Director for Hamptons Whodunit, an annual literary festival in East Hampton, New York, and the host of Criminal Types, a crime fiction author interview podcast. By day, she is Associate Director of Publicity & Marketing for Poisoned Pen Press.
For more information or to order books, please visit: https://murderbooks.com/Ranelli
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