Nicholas Russell (OBSERVER) EP 124

from Twisted Passages · host Marie Sutro

Debut author, Nicholas Russell, discusses his new release, OBSERVER. After receiving the contents of her estranged mother’s life, Renata heads to the mountaintop observatory where her mother worked, to search for answers. But her mother wasn’t the only one keeping secrets, and the truth is far more horrifying than anything Renata could have imagined. “A truly dynamite debut packed with striking prose…refuses to let you look away."—Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling authorListen in as we chat about why he chose an epistolary storytelling format, the chalkboard I’m obsessed with, and his most disturbing experience in the desert!

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