Victoria Benton Frank: Making a new path while walking with grief

This week we’ll be talking with Charleston author Victoria Benton Frank about her new novel, The Violet Hour. Victoria was born in New York City, raised in Montclair, New Jersey, but considers herself to have dual residency in the Lowcountry. She is a graduate of the College of Charleston and the French Culinary Institute. Her mother was the late Dorothea Benton Frank, a best-selling novelist and native of Sullivan’s Island.With the release of The Violet Hour (2026, Simon & Schuster), her second novel, she continues to hone her craft, this time with a story of grief and healing.

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Victoria Benton Frank: Making a new path while walking with grief is an episode from Walter Edgar's Journal by South Carolina Public Radio.

This episode is 26:22 long.

This episode was published on Feb 6, 2026.

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