"Because I write contemporary, magical realism and speculative for both children and adults, I spend a lot of time thinking about real settings for the contemporary books and the pieces that could be taken from those places to create fantasy spaces. But I also like to look for the magic in the real world…"
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On choosing locations for their works in “INTERVIEWS: Kacen Callender in BookPage (2019 Nov 12)
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