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Iowa Writer Claire Lombardo's Debut Novel To Be Adapted For TV

Matthew Alvarez
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IPR
Claire Lombardo’s novel on display at Prairie Lights Bookstore. ";

Claire Lombardo released her debut novel "The Most Fun We Ever Had" over the summer. The novel follows a large family's complex dynamics and relationships over four decades through a Midwesterner's lens.

In this episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe revisits her July 8 conversation with Lombardo. We also get an update in  recent developments with her best-selling novel being adapted for an HBO series.   

Lombardo was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois and earned her MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. 

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Claire Lombardo, author 

Matthew was a producer for IPR's River to River and Talk of Iowa
Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa