In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Brooklyn Quintana discusses her debut young adult novel, Fynneas Fog: Nine of Swords. This dark fantasy adventure is the first installment in a nine-book series. The novel follows young Prince Fynneas, who is sent from his comfortable home to the Morancy Academy of Military Arts on a magical and dangerous island where his survival cannot be guaranteed. Being homesick is the least of Fynneas’s worries, given that he must deal with eccentric instructors, enchanted jungles, man-eating mermaids, labyrinths and talking spiders. Brooklyn has been writing stories since she was a kid. When she decided to commit to writing her first full-length novel, she chose to write the kind of book she would love to read—and the dark fantasy adventure world of Fynneas Fog was born. In this episode, I’ll chat with Brooklyn about her writing journey, why the best part of her writing process is simply spending time with her characters, and how the Netflix show The Crown provided the spark of inspiration for her debut novel.

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​In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Theresa Kaminski discusses her latest biography, Queen of the West: The Life and Times of Dale Evans. This project has been ten years in the making, but the inspiration for it goes back to Theresa’s childhood when she watched television reruns of The Roy Rogers Show on Saturday mornings. She was intrigued by the major female character on the show. Dale Evans was the first female Western star. Dubbed Queen of the Westerns and, later on, Queen of the West, Dale Evans saw herself more as a singer of popular tunes and really wanted to appear in more musical comedies. In this episode, I’ll chat with Theresa about her writing journey, the differences between Dale Evans’s public celebrity image and her private persona, and just how much control Dale Evans had over her career as a woman in Hollywood.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Shannon Stocker discusses her new children’s picture book biography, Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion. This project was near and dear to Shannon for two main reasons. First, it is about music. (Shannon is a singer, songwriter and musician in her own right.) And second, it focuses on people who are seen as different. Shannon knows firsthand how people who are sick or differently-abled are viewed and treated as different. She spent seven years of her life dealing with a serious illness and, at one point, was given only two years two live. That experience gave her a new perspective on what it means to be sick or disabled. When Shannon came across Evelyn Glennie, she knew she had to write about this amazing woman. Evelyn Glennie began learning music as a small child. She also began to lose her hearing, starting at age 8, but her profound hearing loss did not keep her from continuing to play. Shannon’s new book, Listen, is the story of Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world. In this episode, I’ll chat with Shannon about her writing journey, her belief that her love of words actually comes from the musician in her, and why, for her, writing is like oxygen -- it keeps her alive.
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