Edan Lepucki

I am glad it's [California novel] resonated with people because, for me, most apocalyptic novels aren't scary, because they feel so very…

— Edan Lepucki

The messiness [in my books] is nothing like an Atwood novel. For me, the deeper subjects are secrets versus intimacy, and how…

— Edan Lepucki

It's a bit scary to see my book come true: the recent (if minor) LA earthquakes, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston bomber, and…

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“The thing Lady didn't get, or the thing she'd forgotten, was that being a child was painful too. She was so wrapped…

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have a much harder time writing stories than novels. I need the expansiveness of a novel and the propulsive energy it provides.…

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California seemed to me to be all about secrets and the need for safety. And this leads to this thematic messiness I'm…

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“Girls who want to be warriors can't afford to be so careless. And: Girls will bleed, and they will cry.”

— Edan Lepucki

All crises, once averted, become jokes.

— Edan Lepucki

“I'm married. And pregnant.”

— Edan Lepucki

“The jugness of the jug" was how he explained Heidegger to Cal, as if that explained anything at all.”

— Edan Lepucki

“With a single refusal, Zachary plucked the apathy off of me like a petal from a flower.”

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“There is a moment, when a woman’s foolishness slips into delusion. The former is forgivable, the latter isn’t. You will never live…

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I tossed off a mention of the pirates early on. And they became integral to the backstory. Sometimes now I imagine them…

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At Ucross I learned that I am capable of focusing deeply for long periods of time. I love to write. I don't…

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I suppose that it's my impulse to mine, as a writer, these scary parts of ourselves and the world.

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“I imagined swinging from the punching bag of his uvula.”

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“There’s nothing more tragic than a man who gains weight like a woman does.”

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The issue is that my book, and so many others, are not available for pre-order from Amazon. I hadn't realized how much…

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I did a lot of this through writing flashbacks. Many of the flashbacks took place at Cal's school and I eventually cut…

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Oh my goodness, I hate camping. I am like Frida times 1,000. I have always been attracted to wilderness stories, à la…

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I was interested in writing about gender in this future world where progress has not only halted but turned backward. On another…

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With my students, I don't offer any simple tips like that, maybe because my own process is pretty messy, but when we…

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“You think you know how a story begins, or how it's going to turn out, especially when it's your own. You don't.”

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I think that sharpens the intention of a scene and clarifies a story's arc. Of course, I don't seek the questions until…

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I am not sure I knew what I was doing, writing an "apocalypse" novel, when I started this book. Now that the…

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