Workshop 55: Virginia Macgregor

About this episode

Virginia Macgregor discusses her approach to capturing the voices of children and young adults in her writing.

Virginia Macgregor, author most recently of Wishbones, has a knack for capturing the voices of children and young adults and projecting her novels through their lenses, giving us young narrators with accurate levels of experience and naivety - and a perspective not often found in adult literature. Our conversation with her centered around that: how she conjures the voices of young people, insures they are three-dimensional, and navigates those voices around complicated adult situations. Episode music by Broke for Free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Virginia Macgregor

Topics covered

• children's literature
• young adult fiction
• narrative voice
• character development
• adult situations

Keywords

• Virginia Macgregor
• Wishbones
• children's voices
• young narrators
• adult literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Hampshire Public Radio, Broke for Free

Books & works: Wishbones

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