V. E. Schwab, GALLANT
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
#1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria "V.E." Schwab joins Zibby to discuss her most recent two novels, Gallant and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. The two talk about why Victoria writes under the moniker V.E., what her traumatic response to creativity looks like, and which of her projects have been optioned to be adapted. They also connect over the ups and downs that come with being an artist, as well as why Victoria finds the fantasy genre so fascinating (despite being a voracious memoir reader).
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| 0:23.8 | Hi, this is Vivi Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast. Moms don't have time to read books. And speaking of books, I have two of my own books coming out this spring and summer. Princess Charming is a picture book, which debuts on April 19th. And Bookends, a memoir of love, loss, and literature comes out on July 1st, and it is truly a labor of love. I hope you'll pre-order, order, and join me on tour as I go across the country. |
| 0:28.5 | You can find out more at Zibiowens.com or bookendsmemoir.com. |
| 0:34.3 | And you can follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens because I always post about everything. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:41.3 | Victoria V. E. Schwab is the author of Gallant. She is also the number one New York Times bestselling |
| 0:48.8 | author of more than 20 books, including the acclaimed Shades of Magic series, the Villain series, the |
| 0:54.7 | Cassidy Blake series, and the international bestseller, The Invisible Life of Addy LaRue. |
| 1:00.2 | First Kill, a Y-A vampire series based on Schwab's short story of the same name, is currently |
| 1:06.1 | in post-production at Netflix, with Emma Roberts's Belatrice Productions producing. |
| 1:11.2 | When she's not haunting Paris streets or trudging up English hillsides, she lives in Edinburgh, |
| 1:15.7 | Scotland, and is usually tucked in the corner of a coffee shop, dreaming up monsters. |
| 1:20.2 | Welcome, Victoria. |
| 1:21.1 | Thank you so much for coming on moms. |
| 1:22.6 | Don't have time to read books. |
| 1:24.0 | We're going to discuss Gallant and Invisible Life and Eddie Leroux and everything you do and you. |
| 1:30.1 | So there you go. Well, thank you so much for having me. It's a pleasure. First of all, V.E. Schwab versus |
| 1:36.6 | Victoria Schwab. Explain. Yeah, you know, the answer has changed a little bit over the years. Basically, |
| 1:43.0 | I started out as Victoria Schwab, |
| 1:44.8 | and I was writing primarily Y.A. and middle grades, so for younger audiences. And then when my very |
| 1:50.6 | first novel for adults came out called Bicious, it had an illustrated cover. And I just thought to |
| 1:56.3 | myself, oh my God, I don't want my eight-year-old readers accidentally picking up vicious. |
| 2:02.4 | It's fine if they do it with intention or if it's a family choice, but I just didn't want |
| 2:06.3 | them stumbling across it. So I was like, it's good to have a little bit of separation of |
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