Interview with Victoria Bond
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Victoria Bond is a writer and professor. Her novel, ZORA AND ME, co-written with T.R. Simon, won the John Steptoe/Coretta Scott King Award for New Talent and was nominated for an Edgar Award in the category of Juvenile Fiction. WE TALK ABOUT: - How Victoria and her co-writer work together - What’s based on reality and what did the authors invent? - How much reality should one use when writing historical fiction - How far can you go when creating new information based on someone’s actual life.
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