S3 E 21: Victoria Aveyard Is a Map Nerd

Kat and Claribel discuss making friends and friend groups
in publishing. And then they interview NYT Bestselling author,
Victoria Aveyard about her writing process, starting a brand new
series after spending so long in one world, how film school
influences her writing process, and how she’s liking
TikTok!


VICTORIAS BIO: Victoria Aveyard is an author and
screenwriter, born and raised in a small town in Western
Massachusetts. Both her parents are public school teachers, as
well as avid film, television, and literature fans. Victoria grew
up on a steady diet The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Indiana
Jones, and LOST. She pursued a degree in Writing for Film &
Television at the University of Southern California’s School of
Cinematic Arts. After graduating college in 2012, Victoria moved
home from Los Angeles and began writing the manuscript that would
become Red Queen.


She has since published four #1 New York Times bestselling and
USA Today bestselling books, two New York Times bestselling
novellas, a New York Times bestselling short story collection.


She lives full-time in Los Angeles and is hard at work on her
next young adult fantasy series. The first installment is Realm
Breaker!


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