Dan Gemeinhart on "The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise," "Coyote Lost and Found," and "Busted" with Dr. Elisabeth Paige
About this episode
Dr. Elisabeth Paige interviews Dan Gemeinhart about his writing journey and themes in his novels.
Dr. Elisabeth Paige interviews middle grade author Dan Gemeinhart about his writing journey and three of his ten novels: The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, Coyote Lost and Found, and Busted. Dan discusses why his stories include grief and death as backstory, how he balances heavy themes with humor, and why animals and friendship are central. They outline Coyote’s road-trip plot to save a buried memory box while Coyote secretly tricks her grieving father, Rodeo, into going home, and des...
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Elisabeth Paige
Guest: Dan Gemeinhart
Topics covered
- middle grade literature
- grief in storytelling
- humor in writing
- animal characters
- friendship themes
- author interviews
Keywords
- Dan Gemeinhart
- Coyote Sunrise
- middle grade author
- grief
- humor
- friendship
- road-trip plot
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, Coyote Lost and Found, Busted
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