Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.

Legendary Grand Master Jane Yolen shares with Gary some delightful personal news, as well as her advice to aspiring authors on how the lockdown can be seen as a gift to writers, the pleasures of "munchie" writing like Cat Valente or Gregory Maguire, the short stories of Theodora Goss, and Linda Barnes's Carlotta Carlyle mysteries.

Books mentioned include:

The Midnight Circus by Jane Yolen

The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen

How to Fracture a Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen

The Book of Dragons edited by Jonathan Strahan

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire

Carlotta Carlyle series by Linda Barnes