LEIGH BARDUGO
EVEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL NOVELISTS CAN find themselves filled with angst. For proof, just ask Leigh Bardugo if she’s good at living in the moment. “Absolutely not!” she retorts. “I live in a permanent state of terror. I always just envision myself rolling around in a ditch of self-doubt. No, I’m terrible at that. I think that writers are inherently constantly projecting narratives. It’s part of our job, and inevitably many of those narratives lead to disaster.”
Such personal narratives can be especially troubling when is her first book for adults, one she “had to fight for time to write” because she had contracts to pen YA novels.
