Lolita is NOT a love story. #MeToo is not an abstraction. Kate Elizabeth Russell (the author of 2020's most eagerly anticipated debut novel, My Dark Vanessa) answers questions about complex female characters, the sexualization, and vilification of teenage girls, as well as the technical challenges of incorporating things written at sixteen into your first published book.

Pick up a copy of My Dark Vanessa here: https://wordfest.com/2020/imagineonair-recommended-books/kate-elizabeth-russell/