Summer Writer-in-Residence Han Nolan

“RISKY BUSINESS”

Summer Writer in Residence Han Nolan talks about her own work and the craft of writing for teens. Han won the National Book Award for her young adult novel Dancing on the Edge and was a finalist for Send Me Down a Miracle. Her other novels include If I Should Die Before I Wake, A Face in Every Window, Born Blue, When We Were Saints, A Summer of Kings, Crazy, and Pregnant Pause. Her work has been called “rough, raw, and riveting” as well as “deeply philosophical and psychologically complex,” and she tackles subjects ranging from possible religious miracles to teen pregnancy and mental illness with compassion, insight, and a touch of magical realism.