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The Story Behind the Storytellers

Owen Egerton


    • Jul 2, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 36 EPISODES


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    Scott Westerfeld

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2017 44:44


    Scott Westerfeld is a bestselling author of books for both children and adults best known for his young adult series Uglies and Leviathan. While on tour with his new graphic novel Spill Zone, Westerfeld spoke with The Write Up host Owen Egerton about monsters, collaboration, teenagers and storytelling. Westerfeld’s recent projects have embraced visual storytelling. From the stunning illustrations […]

    Scott Westerfeld

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2017 44:44


    Scott Westerfeld is a bestselling author of books for both children and adults best known for his young adult series Uglies and Leviathan. While on tour with his new graphic novel Spill Zone, Westerfeld spoke with The Write Up host Owen Egerton about monsters, collaboration, teenagers and storytelling. Westerfeld’s recent projects have embraced visual storytelling. From the stunning illustrations...

    Dan Chaon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2017 51:51


    Dan Chaon is the author of three short story collections. His short fiction has received multiple awards including publication in the Pushcart Prize Anthology, Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize stories. Chaon’s first novel Await Your Reply was a national bestseller, and his second novel Among the Missing was a finalist for the […]

    Dan Chaon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2017 51:51


    Dan Chaon is the author of three short story collections. His short fiction has received multiple awards including publication in the Pushcart Prize Anthology, Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize stories. Chaon’s first novel Await Your Reply was a national bestseller, and his second novel Among the Missing was a finalist for the...

    The Write Up: George Saunders

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2017 61:08


    In this episode of The Write Up, Owen talks to George Saunders about craft, ecstatic empathy, and the afterlife in his new novel Lincoln in the Bardo.   George Saunders is an award winning and New York Times bestselling author of essays, short stories, novellas, and children’s books. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, […]

    The Write Up: George Saunders

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2017 61:08


    In this episode of The Write Up, Owen talks to George Saunders about craft, ecstatic empathy, and the afterlife in his new novel Lincoln in the Bardo.   George Saunders is an award winning and New York Times bestselling author of essays, short stories, novellas, and children’s books. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker,...

    The Write Up: Juliana Barbassa

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2016 49:33


    In this episode of The Write Up, we talk with prizewinning journalist and nonfiction writer Juliana Barbassa about her book Dancing with the Devil in the City of God: Rio de Janeiro on the Brink depicting the beauty, crime, pressures, and violent paradoxes shaping Brazil’s most vibrant city. Juliana Barbassa has lived and written all […]

    The Write Up: Juliana Barbassa

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2016 49:33


    In this episode of The Write Up, we talk with prizewinning journalist and nonfiction writer Juliana Barbassa about her book Dancing with the Devil in the City of God: Rio de Janeiro on the Brink depicting the beauty, crime, pressures, and violent paradoxes shaping Brazil’s most vibrant city. Juliana Barbassa has lived and written all...

    Amelia Gray

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2016 58:00


    I’ve long been a fan of the beautifully dark and bitingly funny fiction of Amelia Gray. Her short story collections AM/PM, Museum of the Weird, and most recently Gutshot rank among my favorite books to pick up for a quick, smiling nightmare. Her novel Threats digs deeply into grief and melancholy, so deeply that the […]

    C. Robert Cargill Live at SXSW 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2016 39:03


    Novelist, screenwriter, critic and slam poet C. Robert Cargill sits down with host Owen Egerton at SXSW 2016 to talk about coming up in Austin, the history of scary movies, and advising on the set of Dr. Strange.

    Amelia Gray

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2016 58:00


    I’ve long been a fan of the beautifully dark and bitingly funny fiction of Amelia Gray. Her short story collections AM/PM, Museum of the Weird, and most recently Gutshot rank among my favorite books to pick up for a quick, smiling nightmare. Her novel Threats digs deeply into grief and melancholy, so deeply that the...

    C. Robert Cargill Live at SXSW 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2016 39:08


    Novelist, screenwriter, critic and slam poet C. Robert Cargill sits down with host Owen Egerton at SXSW 2016 to talk about coming up in Austin, the history of scary movies, and advising on the set of Dr. Strange.

    Kirk Lynn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2016 65:43


    On this edition of The Write Up we chat with novelist, playwright, and professor Kirk Lynn about the craft of writing, the adventure of theater, and the deep desire to abandon society and escape into the wild. We also discuss his debut novel Rules for Werewolves. Lynn began writing prose in college, but found the […]

    Kirk Lynn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2016 65:43


    On this edition of The Write Up we chat with novelist, playwright, and professor Kirk Lynn about the craft of writing, the adventure of theater, and the deep desire to abandon society and escape into the wild. We also discuss his debut novel Rules for Werewolves. Lynn began writing prose in college, but found the...

    Ada Calhoun

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2015 41:26


    Writer Ada Calhoun discusses her new book, “St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America’s Hippest Street,” with host Owen Egerton.

    Ada Calhoun

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2015 41:26


    Writer Ada Calhoun discusses her new book, “St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America’s Hippest Street,” with host Owen Egerton.

    Debra Monroe

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2015 60:53


    Debra Monroe Debra Monroe is an award winning author of six books and acclaimed university professor. But she was, in her own words, “ raised to be a farmer’s wife, a shopkeeper’s wife, a telephone man’s wife.” In her most recent memoir, My Unsentimental Education, Monroe chronicles her journey from the backstreet bars and the […]

    Debra Monroe

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2015 60:53


    Debra Monroe Debra Monroe is an award winning author of six books and acclaimed university professor. But she was, in her own words, “ raised to be a farmer’s wife, a shopkeeper’s wife, a telephone man’s wife.” In her most recent memoir, My Unsentimental Education, Monroe chronicles her journey from the backstreet bars and the...

    Sarah Hepola

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2015 61:06


    Sarah Hepola’s new memoir, Blackout: Remembering Things I Drank to Forget, chronicles her addiction to alcohol with brutal honesty and brilliant humor. The book is gaining critical acclaim from reviewers in The New York Times, The Washington Post, LA Times, and Kirkus Reviews. Entertainment Weekly observed, “It’s hard to think of another memoir that burrows […]

    Sarah Hepola

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2015 61:06


    Sarah Hepola’s new memoir, Blackout: Remembering Things I Drank to Forget, chronicles her addiction to alcohol with brutal honesty and brilliant humor. The book is gaining critical acclaim from reviewers in The New York Times, The Washington Post, LA Times, and Kirkus Reviews. Entertainment Weekly observed, “It’s hard to think of another memoir that burrows...

    Kari Anne Roy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2015 33:46


    K.A. Holt loves middle grade novels and poetry and has a gift for both. Her novel Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel won praise from middle grade readers all over the nation. Her poetry shines in her collection Haiku Mama: Because 17 Syllables is All You Have Time to Read, written under the name Kari Anne […]

    Kari Anne Roy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2015 33:46


    K.A. Holt loves middle grade novels and poetry and has a gift for both. Her novel Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel won praise from middle grade readers all over the nation. Her poetry shines in her collection Haiku Mama: Because 17 Syllables is All You Have Time to Read, written under the name Kari Anne...

    Scott Blackwood

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2015 47:16


    Author Scott Blackwood talks about his new novel “See How Small,” with host Owen Egerton.

    Scott Blackwood

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2015 47:16


    Author Scott Blackwood talks about his new novel “See How Small,” with host Owen Egerton.

    Amanda Eyre Ward

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2015 44:23


    Amanda Eyre Ward on compassion, gratitude and “The Same Sky.” In this episode of The Write Up, Amanda talks with host Owen Egerton about the calling of telling stories of the voiceless and powerless, the importance of looking past politics and statistics to the faces of real people, and the ways in which exploring the […]

    Amanda Eyre Ward

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2015 44:23


    Amanda Eyre Ward on compassion, gratitude and “The Same Sky.” In this episode of The Write Up, Amanda talks with host Owen Egerton about the calling of telling stories of the voiceless and powerless, the importance of looking past politics and statistics to the faces of real people, and the ways in which exploring the...

    Doug Dorst

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2015 37:11


    Doug Dorst is a wonder at words and worlds. He’s a master of bringing the known and unknown, the mundane and the strange, into immediate proximity to one another is such a way that the line begins to fade. Whether it’s insecure police officers encountering restless ghosts romping through northern California in his debut novel […]

    Doug Dorst

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2015 37:11


    Doug Dorst is a wonder at words and worlds. He’s a master of bringing the known and unknown, the mundane and the strange, into immediate proximity to one another is such a way that the line begins to fade. Whether it’s insecure police officers encountering restless ghosts romping through northern California in his debut novel...

    Carrie Fountain

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2014 14:40


    Always Remain a Beginner Interviews on the Write Up come out more as conversations than a scripted line of questioning. The authors who are featured bring their own spirit and personality into the discussion and the conversation spins to wonderfully surprising places. Our episode with award-winning poet Carrie Fountain is a perfect example. Talking with […]

    Carrie Fountain

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2014 14:40


    Always Remain a Beginner Interviews on the Write Up come out more as conversations than a scripted line of questioning. The authors who are featured bring their own spirit and personality into the discussion and the conversation spins to wonderfully surprising places. Our episode with award-winning poet Carrie Fountain is a perfect example. Talking with...

    Louisa Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2014 50:55


    On this edition of The Write Up, host Owen Egerton sits down with novelist Louisa Hall, author of The Carriage House. Plus we’ll hear book reviews of Cats Cradle and Stiff!

    Louisa Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2014 50:55


    On this edition of The Write Up, host Owen Egerton sits down with novelist Louisa Hall, author of The Carriage House. Plus we’ll hear book reviews of Cats Cradle and Stiff!

    Jason Neulander

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2014 29:41


    On this installment of The Write Up host Owen Egerton interviews and the co-creator, writer and director of the Intergalactic Nemesis, Jason Neulander. Neulander’s story is one to inspire adventurers everywhere to take just one more climb up the mountain or trip out to sea. He bravely fought the forces of rationality to go on […]

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    Jason Neulander

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2014 29:41


    On this installment of The Write Up host Owen Egerton interviews and the co-creator, writer and director of the Intergalactic Nemesis, Jason Neulander. Neulander’s story is one to inspire adventurers everywhere to take just one more climb up the mountain or trip out to sea. He bravely fought the forces of rationality to go on...

    write up owen egerton jason neulander
    Manuel Gonzales

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2014 35:28


    Manuel Gonzales, author of “The Miniature Wife: and Other Stories,” is interviewed by Owen Egerton in the inaugural episode of “The Write Up.” Plus we’ll hear book reviews with Owen’s lovely parents!

    Manuel Gonzales

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2014 35:28


    Manuel Gonzales, author of “The Miniature Wife: and Other Stories,” is interviewed by Owen Egerton in the inaugural episode of “The Write Up.” Plus we’ll hear book reviews with Owen’s lovely parents!

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