Fiction Outliers, featuring Rainbow Rowell and Isabel Cañas

In celebration of the kind of fiction readers love but the industry doesn’t always know what to do with comes two past episodes honoring fan fiction and gothic fiction, respectively. Revisiting these episodes is a reminder of the vast world of fiction outside the narrow confines of upmarket or commercial or historical fiction. Our two past guests, Rainbow Rowell and Isabel Cañas, take us on a journey through their respective inspirations, views of the industry, and insights into the world of writing fiction that exists in the margins.

ABOUT RAINBOW ROWELL & ISABEL CAÑAS

Rainbow Rowell writes about adults (Attachments, Landline), teenagers (Eleanor & Park, Fangirl), and lovesick vampires and guys with dragon wings (The Simon Snow Trilogy). Recently, she’s been writing short stories. Her first collection, Scattered Showers, is out now. She also writes the monthly She-Hulk comic for Marvel. Isabel Cañas is a Mexican-American speculative fiction writer, and the author of two novels, Hacienda and The Vampires of El Norte, which just came out. After having lived in Mexico, Scotland, Egypt, Turkey, and New York City, among other places, she has settled in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and writes fiction inspired by her research and her heritage.