Karen Joy Fowler takes her time. After all, it takes time to transport readers to new worlds and through time, and to dream up the sorts of characters readers feel they already know to take those trips with.
Talking via Zoom from her bright Santa Cruz, Calif., dining room, Fowler has the energy of a cool librarian who feels a bit guilty for having the good fortune to work among stacks of books. Her blue eyes light up at the chance to chat about how and why some stories haunt their writers before they can enchant readers.
Fowler is the author of six acclaimed novels (two of which became bestsellers) and four collections of short stories (two of which won the World Fantasy Award). Her 2004 novel was made, and 2013’s won the PEN/Faulkner Award and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2014.
