Right then, I decided I had to write the story, but I wanted it to be accessible and enjoyable for gay and straight, male and female. They didn’t even know that one time you could be arrested for simply walking into a gay or lesbian bar. As the discussion continued it became clear that these students did not have the slightest idea about the struggles and pain gays went through to achieve the acceptance they have today. The class and I began to talk about the new freedoms that the LGBT community was achieving. I was teaching a psychology class at Metropolitan College of New York, a small private college in Manhattan. It’s sexy, funny and deadly serious full of mobsters, the FBI, McCarthyism, gay bashing and “cures” for homosexuality. With Olympus Nights on the Square you walk into a world of postwar nightclub drama.

Juliana wants to be a star and she has the singing voice to do it. Alice is determined to make Juliana into the star she wants to be. The worst thing that could happen to Juliana is to be discovered as gay. The worst thing that could happen to Alice is to lose Juliana. Alice must guard their secret at all costs. Will the gossip columnists and the new laws destroy them?

In a world where same sex relationships are illegal can Alice and Juliana’s love survive? What’s the book about? Give us the pitch. “When the Germans surrendered in May of ’45, we knew the war was almost over.” What is the first line of Olympus Nights in the Square? It’s the second book of my Juliana Series, but you can start with Book 2 and not be lost. I published it through my imprint Sans Merci on October 17, 2017. I’m the author of Olympus Nights on the Square. What is the name of the book and when was it published? Olympus Nights on the Square received a 4+ star review, making it an IndieReader Approved title.įollowing find an interview with author Vanda.

Juliana by Vanda