What are You Reading? What are You Writing? ep. 346 with Christie Caliendo

Award-winning mystery and suspense novelist Karen E. Osborne welcomes award-winning author Christie Caliendo to discuss Lesser Haven, a haunting Southern Gothic novel set in the shadow of Florida's Lake Okeechobee. Former journalist Callie Crispen retreats to rural Florida hoping for solitude, only to discover a teenage girl trapped by abuse, isolation, and a community determined to look the other way.

Karen and Christie explore what defines Southern Gothic fiction, the inspiration behind the novel's unforgettable setting, writing morally complex characters, rewriting the manuscript on its path to publication, and the courage it takes to ask questions no one wants answered.

Watch or listen, enjoy, and share with readers who love literary suspense, unforgettable heroines, and stories about courage in the face of injustice.

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