Emma Rosenblum once again uses her personal experience to inspire her latest novel.
We hear the author and head of content at Bustle Digital Group used his boss, Bryan Goldberg, as inspiration for one of the characters in his new murder mystery, “Very Bad Company,” out Tuesday May 14.
A character in Rosenblum’s book has an obsession with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, which we are told is based on Goldberg’s very real passion for Napoleon.
Goldberg, 40, purchased the French emperor’s hat for $1.4 million in 2021.
“I never thought I could help inspire a steamy crime novel, but now I can’t wait for my friends to read it,” the BDG CEO told Page Six exclusively.
“When Emma told me her next murder mystery would center around a tech startup, I practically begged her to let me help.”
Insiders tell us that Goldberg, who owns Bustle, Nylon, Elite Daily, Bleacher Report and more under the BDG umbrella, is “in on the joke” about his character and isn’t offended at all.
Although “Very Bad Company” isn’t set in the media world, we hear that those in the know would likely be able to identify other people based on their fictional counterparts.
“After two decades in the media, I couldn’t help but lift the lid on some of the scandalous shenanigans I’ve witnessed over the years,” Rosenblum tells us. “In ‘Very Bad Company,’ the secrets are revealed, but don’t worry, the names are hidden.”
“Very Bad Company” follows Rosenblum’s debut novel, “Bad Summer People,” based on his experiences spending the season in the small enclave of Saltaire on Fire Island with his parents.
The novel first caused a ruckus on the island nation when the manuscript was leaked about a year before publication while the names and locations had not been changed, but some felt even more offended by have been excluded.
“Why am I not there? I feel like I’m getting a little bit of exposure here,” one woman told Business Insider.
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