Kate Oldfield

"Making playlists for my characters was one of my favourite parts of the writing process"

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"I believe the beauty of a truly great grumpy-sunshine story lies in the healing journey the characters are unwittingly walking."

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"Being able to turn up every week to see the same faces gave a sense of belonging, and helped me tie to something in my early twenties"

"The feeling that you can know exactly where a story is going and have no idea at the same time. That’s the beauty of a good retelling."

"For a YA audience intimacy is much more about feelings versus physical sensation, so I had to make that distinction deliberately as I wrote."

"I did a lot of editing and rewriting around her feelings, trying to get it just right."

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"One of the greatest privileges of my life has been to write books for young people that help them to feel seen."

"Comedy is so, so important, and we just don’t talk about that often enough"

"Many Armenians reached out to me and told me how seen the book had made them feel"

"There’s just something about a crotchety fallen god, who hates everything but coffee, that speaks to my soul."

"If I’d never planned to create a slice of life story, a coming out story would be even further from my comfort zone."