# Susan Orlean: The Library Book Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/susan-orlean-the-library-book Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/susan-orlean-the-library-book.md Podcast: [Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124) Published: 2026-04-06T07:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-wink/susan-orlean-the-library-book Audio file: https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/fdf29e64-8856-472d-b2cd-b24c011a225c/7390258c-7413-4b9d-a960-b41f012e7e65/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=d35298b0-c12a-44ed-956a-b24c011a22e0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/episodes/susan-orlean-the-library-book Duration seconds: 3581 ## Resource Author Susan Orlean wrote a best-selling book years ago that you’ve probably heard of: The Orchid Thief . It was made into a movie called Adaptation. Susan has now written another book—this one about an unexpected crime that might not have been a crime at all. A fire in the LA Public Library destroyed more than 400,000 books in 1986. Did they find out what caused it? Or who? Susan tells me the story in her book,  The Library Book.   Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4gF2K18   See more information on my books: katewinklerdawson.com  Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @wickedwordspod (Facebook) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Instagram)  2026 All Rights Reserved  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/episodes/susan-orlean-the-library-book/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/susan-orlean-the-library-book.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.