I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of Joanna Quinn’s novel The Whalebone Theatre since a friend of mine insisted that I read it, and he’s never led me astray. This recommendation was no exception.
Quinn’s debut novel follows the young Cristabel Seagrave as she builds a theater among the bones of a washed up whale and comes of age during gap between WWI and WWII.
I recently spoke with Joanna Quinn about her compelling cast of characters, how her work experience influenced her writing, and the education that reading can provide. Here’s our conversation.
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The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn was published by Knopf.
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