Special Guest: Dr. Tilar Mazzeo: Author of The Widow Clicquot

Special Guest: Dr. Tilar Mazzeo: Author of The Widow Clicquot

Dr. Tilar Mazzeo Profile PhotoDr. Tilar Mazzeo is the Clara C. Piper Associate Professor of English at Colby College, in Waterville, Maine. She has authored "The Widow Clicquot" and numerous works of narrative nonfiction, several of which have been New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Los Angeles Times bestsellers. 

Dr. Mazzeo divides her time among coastal Maine, New York City, and Saanichton, British Columbia, where she lives with her husband at Parsell Vineyard.





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