On this Episode, Jessica Vitalis shares her thirteen-year journey to becoming a published author. Her latest novel, Coyote Queen, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, a Kirkus Best Middle Grade Book of 2023, and it received a starred review from School Library Journal. 

Books mentioned in this episode include:

• Coyote Queen, by Jessica Vitalis
• The Wolf's Curse,  by Jessica Vitalis
• The Rabbit's Gift, by Jessica Vitalis
• Story Engineering, by Larry Brooks
• A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness
• A Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
• Attack of the Black Rectangles, by A.S. King

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