About this episode

Rebecca Stead discusses her novel THE EXPERIMENT and shares insights from her writing process.

In this episode, Newbery Medal winner Rebecca Stead takes us behind the scenes of her novel, THE EXPERIMENT.

People in this episode

Hosts: Travis Jonker, Colby Sharp

Guest: Rebecca Stead

Topics covered

• author interview
• behind the scenes
• Newbery Medal
• children's literature
• novel writing

Keywords

• Rebecca Stead
• THE EXPERIMENT
• Newbery Medal
• novel
• children's books

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: THE EXPERIMENT

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