First Draft - Lily King (Returns)

About this episode

Lily King discusses her novels and accolades in this episode recorded live at Aspen Words Winter Words program.

Lily King is the award-winning author of six novels. Her most recent novel is Heart the Lover. She has also published a collection of short stories, Five Tuesdays in Winter. Her 2020 novel, Writers & Lovers, won the New England Society Book Awards and was a New York Times Notable Book and chosen as a top-ten best book of 2020 by The Washington Post, NPR, People Magazine, and The Los Angeles Times. Her 2014 novel Euphoria won the Kirkus Award, the New England Book Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Award. This episode was recorded live at Aspen Words Winter Words program in 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Mitzi Rapkin

Guest: Lily King

Topics covered

• writing
• novels
• literature
• author interviews
• book awards

Keywords

• Lily King
• Heart the Lover
• Writers & Lovers
• Euphoria
• book awards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New England Society Book Awards, The Washington Post, NPR, People Magazine, The Los Angeles Times

Books & works: Heart the Lover, Five Tuesdays in Winter, Writers & Lovers, Euphoria

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