Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Jamie Tan | Writing for Children 234

INTERVIEW WITH MAGGIE TOKUDA-HALL & JAMIE TAN

Katie interviews award-winning author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Candlewick Senior Publicist Jamie Tan about Maggie's latest book THE MERMAID, THE WITCH, AND THE SEA.

We talk about:

• Gender fluidity in characters
• Shondaland interest
• Maggie’s lyrical writing
• How Jamie did the publicity for this particular book
• How Maggie is brutal to her characters!
• Not shying away from being mean to your characters