Curtis Sittenfeld
From Books, Beach, & Beyond by Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine
July 8, 2025 · 52 min · Season 3 · Episode 3
About this episode
Elin and Tim interview Curtis Sittenfeld about her books and writing experiences.
Elin and Tim welcome to the podcast Curtis Sittenfeld, the author of Prep, American Wife, and Show, Don’t Tell. They start with Curtis’s favorite books, her time at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop where Elin and her compare stories, and then segue into her debut novel, “the boarding school book of boarding school books”, Prep. They discuss how much of it was inspired by Curtis’s own boarding school experience and compare and contrast it to Elin’s upcoming boarding school novel, The Academy, as wel...
People in this episode
Hosts: Elin Hilderbrand, Tim
Guest: Curtis Sittenfeld
Topics covered
- books
- writing
- boarding school
- author interview
- literature
Keywords
- Curtis Sittenfeld
- boarding school
- Prep
- American Wife
- Iowa Writers' Workshop
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Prep, American Wife, Show, Don’t Tell, The Academy
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