Victoria Patterson is the author of the novel This Vacant Paradise, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Drift, her collection of interlinked short stories, was a finalist for the California Book Award and the 2009 Story Prize. The San Francisco Chronicle selected Drift as one of the best books of 2009. Her work has appeared in various publications and journals, including the Los Angeles Times, Alaska Quarterly Review, and the Southern Review. She lives with her family in Southern California and teaches through the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program and as a Visiting Assistant Professor at UC Riverside.
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Sometimes a way to gauge the quality of a creation is to think about what it took, what was overcome, what price it extracted.
A conversation with Steve Almond, author of the acclaimed new story collection God Bless America, now available from Lookout Books. Other People is a twice weekly author interview podcast hosted by TNB founder Brad Listi. For more information, please visit the show's official website. And be sure to subscribe for free at iTunes.