Nova Ren Suma: Breaking Expectations to Recover Her Writing Dreams

Today, I’m talking to Nova Ren Suma who found herself at a crossroads in her career and her long-chosen genre while working on her latest book Wake the Wild Creatures. Watch a recording here. This audio/video version is available for only a few weeks. Missed it? Check out the podcast version above or on your favorite podcast platform.I don’t charge for subscriptions, but if you’d like, you can support my work with with a small donation here.To find Suma’s latest book as well as many other books by our authors, visit our Bookshop page.Want to join our July write-a-thon? Click here for more information.Looking for a writing community? Join our Facebook page.Nova Ren Suma is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Walls Around Us and A Room Away from the Wolves, which were both finalists for the Edgar Award. She also wrote Imaginary Girls and 17 & Gone and co-edited the story & craft anthology Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA. She has an MFA in fiction from Columbia University and has taught creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania and Vermont College of Fine Arts. Originally from the Hudson Valley, she spent most of her adult life in New York City, and now lives in Philadelphia. Her new novel Wake the Wild Creatures is out now from Little, Brown.Photo by Maria Vlasova on Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 7amnovelist.substack.com