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On episode 25 of the podcast, my guest is New York Times Bestselling author, Ilyon Woo.
Ilyon is the author of the new book, Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom and The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother’s Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times. Her writing has also appeared in The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal,Time, and The New York Times.
During our delightful conversation Ilyon shares:
- When she fell in love with storytelling.
- Why she’s obsessed with the Shakers.
- Her secrets to writing thrilling, jump-off-the-page nonfiction.
- How being Korean-American has impacted her career as a writer.
- What the descendants of Willam and Ellen Craft, the subjects of Master, Slave, Husband, Wife, think of her portrayal of their famous relatives.
- Her advice for other BIPOC writers who want to write beyond their own cultural stories.
It’s another informative, inspiring and fun conversation with an award-winning BIPOC writer.
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