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Monthly Archives: March 2019
Revealing: CHASING SALOMÉ – a novel of 1920s Hollywood
During the ten years it took me to write my nine-book Hollywood’s Garden of Allah series, I kept thinking, Alla Nazimova needs a novel of her own. Alla Nazimova in 1921 At the peak of her film career – late … Continue reading
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Literary Luncheons, Drawing Room Afternoons, and bridge parties at the Garden of Alla Hotel, circa late 1920s
Alison Martino from the Vintage Los Angeles Facebook page recently contacted me to say that she had been gifted with two pieces of memorabilia connected to the Garden of Allah Hotel and wondered if I had ever seen anything like … Continue reading
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Official blog of Martin Turnbull, author of the Hollywood's Garden of Allah novels 