First Draft Episode #286: Kristin Cashore

Kristin Cashore is the New York Times bestselling author of the Graceling series, including Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue, as well as Jane, Unlimited. She has returned to her fantasy world for her newest novel, Winterkeep.

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

The Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
Agatha Christie, author of Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and And Then There Were None
Dorothy L. Sayers, author of Whose Body?
Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Simmons University
Liza Ketchum, author of The Life Fantastic: A Novel in Three Acts
Faye Bender, literary agent at The Book Group (Faye has appeared on the Track Changes series, the bonus episodes Publishing in the time of COVID and The Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From Team episodes)
Kathy Dawson, editor at HMH at the time she bought Graceling, and is currently publisher at Kathy Dawson Books for Penguin Random House

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