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Leyna Krow Biography, Books, and Similar Authors

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Leyna Krow
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Leyna Krow

Leyna Krow Biography

Leyna Krow is the author of the short story collection I'm Fine, But You Appear to Be Sinking, which was a Believer Book Award finalist. She lives in Spokane, Washington, with her husband and two children.

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Interview

Leyna Krow discusses her debut novel, Fire Season, and how the location influenced the characters - and writing - of this book.

You live in the Pacific Northwest. How has this geography and culture influenced your writing? What most excites you about this region? How do you think this place shapes the characters in Fire Season, and did you do any special research to inform your writing?

Well, not to split hairs, but I actually live in the Inland Northwest. Spokane is on the eastern edge of Washington State. I did live on the west side, in Seattle, when I was in my twenties. But Spokane has been my home for the last decade, and it is a different culture and geography over here. Spokane is a great place to write about. It is unapologetically, unselfconsciously strange. Many of the weirdest details in Fire Season are true things that I found in my research and wanted to include in the story just because they were so delightful. But also, Spokane is kind of this underdog city that people either have never heard of or have a bad impression of. I like underdogs. I like this weird, friendly, earnest city. It feels like the sort of place where anything could happen, and that makes it an ideal setting for stories that are a little fantastical.

The characters in Fire Season are absolutely shaped by the setting. In the novel, Spokane Falls (which was the city's ...

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    Kevin Barry is the author of the novels Night Boat to Tangier, Beatlebone, and City of Bohane as well as three story collections including That Old Country Music. His stories and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, Granta... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    Fire Season

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    The Heart in Winter
    by Kevin Barry

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    Rachel Beanland

    Rachel Beanland is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and earned her MFA in creative writing from Virginia Commonwealth University. The author of the novel Florence Adler Swims Forever, she lives with her husband ... (more)

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    Fire Season

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    The House Is on Fire
    by Rachel Beanland

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