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Washington, Hamilton, Grant; perhaps Chernow needed a respite, so instead of writing about a towering figure of politics or finance, this time he picked author and humorist Samuel Clemens, whose nautical nom de plume “Mark Twain” comes from the Mississippi River setting of some of his famous novels.

It's an album of stunning poetic clarity and emotion – typified by the title track, an old-time country-rock ballad inspired by her love of detective novels.

My hedonistic weeklong breaks from school were about resting up and devouring novels, my stack of fiction pushed aside through semesters of full class loads and at least one job.

The musical, which has been in development for five years, is based on Michael Bond's original novels and follows the hugely successful recent film series.

“I think that it’s an important part of our literary landscape and I love the normalization of graphic novels as reading. But it’s an organic push to meet people where they are and to understand that different forms of media helps us retain information. We’re all different,” says Nikki High, owner of Octavia’s Bookshelf.