A Character Study with Christina Dotson

About this episode

Nikesha Elise Williams interviews Christina Dotson about her novel and the influence of her work as a social worker on her writing.

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree ! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Christina Dotson , author of the novel Love You to Death . The story is billed as a Black Thelma and Louise who go on a murderous romp throughout the south. In our conversation, Christina explains how the complex characters she works with in real life help as a social worker, help her craft the imperfect personalities of the people in her novels. Plus, the real life news story Christina saw that embedded itself in her brain and took her on the wildest writing ride of her life Mahogany Books Mentioned in this episode: Rate & Review Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform

People in this episode

Host: Nikesha Elise Williams

Guest: Christina Dotson

Topics covered

• character development
• writing process
• social work
• fiction
• Black literature

Keywords

• character study
• Black Thelma and Louise
• murderous romp
• social worker
• writing inspiration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mahogany Books

Books & works: The Seven Daughters of Dupree, Love You to Death

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