Writers on Writing, Volume 9: Kate O'Shaughnessy
Kate O'Shaughnessy writes middle grade fiction. Her debut novel, The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane, will be published with Knopf/Random House in the spring of 2020. She is a graduate of Yale University and an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). When Kate’s not writing, you can find her in her garden, eating good food, hiking with her dog, and chronically mispronouncing words she’s read but never heard said aloud. Your first book,
