Victoria Schwab On Monsters, Mayhem And Magic

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Author Victoria Schwab is a twenty-something wizard at writing sci-fi and fantasy. Her books are fast-paced, fascinating and often feature fierce feminist protagonists.

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0:00.0	I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still
0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
0:18.0	Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicago, join me as i share how the genre began
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0:32.2	meep oh yeah are you getting, are you practicing your
0:38.1	sound effects?
0:40.5	That's my buzzer noise for the quiz.
0:42.3	I probably should have peed, guys.
0:46.3	There's no way to solve that problem.
0:47.9	Nope.
0:49.0	We're doomed.
0:50.6	Doom.
0:53.6	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:56.4	I'm Tricia Bobita.
0:57.5	And I'm Greta Johnson.
0:58.7	This week, Victoria Schwab.
1:00.7	Victoria first came on our radar with her book Vicious, which came out in 2013.
1:05.4	We actually interviewed her back then as well.
1:07.8	Some of you super listeners may remember that.
1:12.6	Since then, she has written a great number of excellent books, including the A Darker Shade of Magic series, which I highly recommend.
1:18.9	Her newest book is called This Savage Song, and I found this really great summary from the
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