There was a sense that there was a lot of word of mouth happening with ‘The Memory Keeper’s Daughter,’ even in hardcover. Kim Edwards Read Quote
I hadn’t really thought about this until ‘The Lake of Dreams,’ but I’ve set all my stories in places that are familiar to me. It frees me up to spend more imaginative time on the characters. Kim Edwards Read Quote
The secret at the heart of ‘The Memory Keeper’s Daughter’ is something everybody, except for some of the characters, knows in Chapter 1. Some of the narrative tension comes from that distance between what the readers know and what the characters know. Kim Edwards Read Quote
I like to think I’ve grown as a writer and taken some risks, but I still consider myself to be a literary writer. Kim Edwards Read Quote
You don’t want to engage in road rage when the person in the next car might be your child’s future teacher or your dentist’s father. Kim Edwards Read Quote
Lexington is home to the University of Kentucky, where my husband and I teach, as well as to Transylvania University, the oldest college established west of the Allegheny Mountains, and several multinational companies; people come and go from all over the world. Kim Edwards Read Quote
Your understanding of a place changes the longer you stay; you discover more, and your own life gets woven into the fabric of the community. Kim Edwards Read Quote
Middlesex’ by Jeffrey Eugenides left me both moved and, at times, laughing out loud in delight. Kim Edwards Read Quote
In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the thematic concerns of compelling stories. Kim Edwards Read Quote
You don’t know when you are immersed in a book what the reaction to it will be, but I feel great about ‘The Lake of Dreams.’ Kim Edwards Read Quote
