Episode 160: Novelist Spotlight #160: A conversation with award-winner author Tom Zoellner
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In the spotlight is Tom Zoellner, the author of nine nonfiction books, including Island on Fire: The Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for the best nonfiction book of 2020 and a finalist for the Bancroft Prize and the California Book Award. He works as a professor at Chapman University and Dartmouth College, and as an editor-at-large for the Los Angeles Review of Books.
We discuss:
>> The three questions every author should ask while deciding on a subject
>> The mistakes aspiring writers tend to make
>> Teaching creative nonfiction
>> What AI does well
>> Arizona
>> Train travel
>> Etc.
Learn more about Tom Zoellner and his books here: https://tomzoellner.com
Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no
Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com
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