<p>Patt Morrison talks with Susan Orlean, author and staff writer for The New Yorker about her book  "The Library Book," the story of the Los Angeles Public Library fire, how it started, and how it ended.</p>

Patt Morrison talks with Susan Orlean, author and staff writer for The New Yorker about her book "The Library Book," the story of the Los Angeles Public Library fire, how it started, and how it ended.

<p>Patt Morrison talks with Susan Orlean, author and staff writer for The New Yorker about her book&nbsp; "The Library Book," the story of the Los Angeles Public Library fire, how it started, and how it ended.</p>

Susan Orlean "The Library Book," about the Los Angeles fire that made us love libraries better

A companion podcast to L.A. Times columnist Patt Morrison's weekly interview series "Patt Morrison Asks." Patt Morrison is a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist who has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes. Her broadcasting work has won six Emmys and 11 Golden Mikes. Her book about the Los Angeles River was a bestseller, and she was the first woman in nearly 25 years to be honored with the L.A. Press Club’s lifetime achievement award. Pink’s, the legendary Hollywood hot dog stand, named its veggie dog after her.

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