Our audio series "The Authors Read. We Listen." was originally hatched in a NYC club during BEA back in 2012. It's a fun little series, where authors record themselves reading an excerpt from their own novels, in their own voices, the way their stories were meant to be heard.
Today, Judith Krummeck is joining us and reading an excerpt from her novel The Deceived Ones. Judith is a
writer, broadcaster, and immigrant. She is the evening drive time host for
Baltimore’s classical music station, WBJC, 91.5FM, and her debut novel, The
Deceived Ones, a contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night,
is being published this spring. Her biographical memoir, Old New Worlds,
intertwining her immigrant story with her great-great grandmother’s, came out
in 2019. In 2014, she published the chapbook, Beyond the Baobab, a
memoir in essays about her immigration from Africa to America. www.judithkrummeck.com
Click on the soundcloud link below to hear Judith reading an excerpt from her newest novel.
Displaced by the Russian invasion, Vira, carrying little but her precious viola da gamba, is a refugee in the Uniting for Ukraine program. When she is physically attacked soon after her arrival in the United States, the terrifying experience prompts her to hide in plain sight by passing as her twin, Sevastyan, until he is able join her.
Orson has been commissioned to write an opera for The Twelfth Night Festival, but he is suffering from composer’s block. Not only that, his muse, Isabella, has inexplicably withdrawn from all performing. During a chance meeting, Orson discovers the extraordinary musical talent of Vira, now passing as Sevastyan, and it gives him the jolt of inspiration he needs. Hoping that Isabella will be as intrigued as he is, Orson sends “Sevastyan” as his emissary to persuade Isabella to sing in his opera.
In this love-quadrangle seen from multiple points of view—some poignant, some hilarious—the myriad misconceptions that result from Vira’s deception are woven into themes of migration, sexuality, and diversity.
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