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Guest Interview: Laura Sibson Talks to Rob Costello About Short Stories

Posted on May 17, 2022May 17, 2022

By Laura Sibson

Today we welcome Rob Costello to share about his writing process. Rob and I attended VCFA together, and his writing has long impressed me. In fact, I use his short story “The Hole of Dark Kill Hollow” from Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America,

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Podcast: Pat Mora, Cynthia Leitich Smith & Don Tate

Podcast: Pat Mora, Cynthia Leitich Smith & Don Tate

Posted on May 8, 2017January 4, 2019

By Cynthia Leitich Smith

What an honor to be interviewed for a podcast also featuring author Pat Mora and author-illustrator Don Tate by Professional Book Nerds.

Peek from my segment:

“It [writing for kids] was a heart decision, not a head decision and part of that heart decision wasn’t just about my work.

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About Cynsations


Cynthia Leitich Smith is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning author for young readers. Her 2023 release is HARVEST HOUSE, an Indigenous YA ghost mystery. Her most recent previous books are ANCESTOR APPROVED: INTERTRIBAL STORIES FOR KIDS, which was an ALA Notable Children’s Book; SISTERS OF THE NEVERSEA, which received six starred reviews; and HEARTS UNBROKEN, which won an American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award. She also is the author-curator of
Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint, and a member of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA faculty.

Cynsations Staff: Publisher Cynthia Leitich Smith; Editor-in-Chief/Author’s Assistant Gayleen Rabakukk; Intern Suma Subramaniam; Intern AJ Eversole; Intern Bree Bender; Industry News Reporter Gail Vannelli; and the Cynsational Reporters: Rebecca Kirshenbaum; Helen Kampion; Elisabeth Norton; Veeda Bybee; Clara Hammett; Michael Leali; Linda Joy Singleton.

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