Indies Introduce Interview

Peternelle van Arsdale is the author of The Beast Is an Animal, an Indies Introduce debut novel for young adults and a Spring Kids’ Indie Next List pick.

Dan Egan is the author of The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, “an excellent account of the effects humankind has upon nature,” said Pete Mock of McIntyre’s Books.

Elvis Babbitt, the main character in Annie Hartnett’s Rabbit Cake, is “funny, smart, surprising, and heartbreaking,” said Susan Hans O’Connor of Penguin Bookshop.

Here, bookseller Susan Tunis of BookShop West Portal talks with Emily Fridlund, author of the Winter/Spring 2017 Indies Introduce debut novel History of Wolves.

Daughter of the Pirate King, Tricia Levenseller’s debut novel for young adults, is “compulsively readable and exciting,” said Indies Introduce panelist Johanna Albrecht of Flyleaf Books.

City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson “explores human resilience and loyalty in the face of unspeakable oppression,” said Romy Griepp of Once Upon a Time.

Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce debut It Looks Like This by Rafi Mittlefehldt is “a moving, thought-provoking story of acceptance and self-love,” said Diane Howell Robinson of Eagle Eye Book Shop.

Karen Fortunati is the author of The Weight of Zero, a Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce title. “Read it. It’ll change you,” said Flannery Fitch of Bookshop Santa Cruz.

Wade Albert White is the author of the Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce pick The Adventurer’s Guide to Successful Escapes.

The Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce debut The Comet Seekers by Helen Sedgwick “establishes its unique tone and lyrical beauty from the opening sentence,” said Joe Strebel of Anderson’s Bookshops.

Robert Seethaler is the author of the Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce debut A Whole Life, which Ingrid Goatson of Boulder Book Store called “a rare kind of book that will be hard for anyone not to love.”

Kate Beasley is the author of Gertie’s Leap to Greatness, a Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce debut for middle-grade readers. 

Krystal Sutherland is the author of the Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce young adult debut Our Chemical Hearts, “a beautiful story of young love, loss, and healing,” said Jill Stein of J&J’s Children’s Books.

Heather Tucker is the author of the Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce debut The Clay Girl, “a beautifully written story of strength and resilience,” said Joe Strebel of Anderson’s Bookshop.

Catherine Leroux is the author of the Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce debut The Party Wall, which Valerie Welbourn of Novels & Novelties Bookstore said is the best book she’s read in a long time.