I swam across Skaneateles Lake, about a mile, when I was 11 years old. I remember feeling when I was in the middle of the lake that I would be there forever, and having no idea where on shore I’d end up. I made it, and I’m proud of the determination and persistence that took. Kim Edwards Read Quote
After ‘Memory Keeper’s Daughter,’ it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the Internet and sort of cloister myself away from the world again and sink into that psychic space to write again. Kim Edwards Read Quote
We all have secrets. We’ve all kept secrets. We’ve had secrets kept from us, and we know how that feels. Kim Edwards Read Quote
I love ‘Memory Keeper’s Daughter,’ but in some ways I think ‘The Lake of Dreams’ is a stronger book. I was able to tell the story I wanted to tell. That’s all you can ever do as a writer. From there on you have no control over it. Kim Edwards Read Quote
Though my stories aren’t autobiographical, I do sometimes use things from my life. Kim Edwards Read Quote
I think that it would be hard to find a family that didn’t have a secret in it somewhere, and sometimes we know about them, sometimes we don’t. Sometimes we have an inkling that there’s something hidden, but I think that it touches everybody’s life. Kim Edwards Read Quote
I always talk to my students about the need to write for the joy of writing. I try to sort of disaggregate the acclaim from the act of writing. Kim Edwards Read Quote
I had a great life even before ‘The Memory Keeper’s Daughter’ took off. I really enjoy teaching. Kim Edwards Read Quote
The Lake of Dreams’ grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel. Kim Edwards Read Quote
I haven’t done any genealogical exploring myself, though members of my family and also of my husband’s family have traced things back. I have a great grandfather on my mother’s side who was a musician, and I’d like to know more about his life. Kim Edwards Read Quote
