Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
A bi-weekly podcast by a national professional association for mystery and crime writers in Canada.
Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) is a national non-profit organization for Canadian mystery and crime writers, associated professionals, and others with a serious interest in Canadian crime writing. Our mission is to promote Canadian crime writing and to raise the profile of Canadian crime writers with readers, reviewers, librarians, booksellers, and media.
Hosted by Erik D'Souza
Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
Vicki Grant, These are the Fireworks
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Erik D’Souza interviews Vicki Grant, a Nova Scotian writer known for over twenty young adult and middle-grade novels, about her first adult mystery novel, These Are the Fireworks. The interview explores Vicki's transition from children's literature to adult fiction, her decision to write from multiple perspectives, and the story's central themes of family relationships and grief. Vicki explains how she wanted to create a more realistic portrayal of how families deal with loss, particularly focusing on how Petra's daughters react to their father's death and the revelation that their mother may not be the devoted wife they thought she was.
BIO
Vicki Grant is a Canadian writer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She began her professional life in advertising and television, creating short ads and scripts before transitioning to full-length novels. Her first novel, The Puppet Wrangler, was published in 2004, marking the start of her career in young adult and middle-grade literature. In 2006, her book Quid Pro Quo won the Award of Excellence (then called the Arthur Ellis Award) in the Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book category. She has written over twenty books, including titles for reluctant readers and award-winning novels. In this interview, we’re talking about her newest novel, These Are the Fireworks, published by Vagrant Press.
Website: vickigrant.com
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