T. Kingfisher on WHAT MOVES THE DEAD
\u201cWhen you're writing a children's book, it shares much relation with horror, because it has to be usually very immediate and very visceral and gripping. Because otherwise the kids are gonna get bored. And your window of opportunity to grab the reader is \u2026 longer with horror, you can do the slow creeping dread better, but you have to grab the reader, metaphorically, by the throat.\u201d
Whether you know her as Ursula Vernon or T. Kingfisher, one thing is for sure\u2014this Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author always pulls us in with her captivating fantasies and chilling thrillers\u2014which remains true of her two new books,\xa0Nettle & Bone\xa0and\xa0What Moves the Dead,\xa0both releasing this year. Ursula joins us on the show to talk about the fine line between writing children\u2019s books and writing horror and her love for gothic stories, the artwork that inspired this stunning cover, mycology, the lesser-known life of Beatrix Potter, what she\u2019s working on next and what games she\u2019s playing,\xa0and much more with guest host, Kat Sarfas. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.
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Featured Books (Episode):
What Moves the Dead\xa0by T. Kingfisher
Nettle & Bone\xa0by T. Kingfisher
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings\xa0by Edgar Allen Poe
The White People and Other Weird Stories\xa0by Arthur Machen
The Willows\xa0by Algernon Blackwood
The Angel of the Crows\xa0by Katherine Addison
The Haunted Mesa\xa0by Louis L'Amour
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Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
The Initial Insult\xa0by Mindy McGinnis
The Pale Blue Eye\xa0by Louis Bayard
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This episode of Poured Over is produced and hosted by Kat Sarfas and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
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