Episode 72: Underrepresented Stories of Women In History with Emily VanderBent

<p>On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, our Library Laura Podcast guest is <a href= "https://www.emilyvanderbent.org/about">Emily VanderBent</a>. She's the author of <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/2982/9781641378970" data-original-attrs= "{"data-original-href":"https://bookshop.org/a/2982/9781641378970"}">Crimson Time,</a> a YA Historical Fantasy novel, and is releasing the second book in that series<a href= "https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fractured-past-by-emily-vanderbent#/">, Fractured Past,</a> in December 2021. She loves looking at the untold and underrepresented stories of women in history, as well as presenting history in a different light through fantasy fiction. In addition to being an author, she's a historian and an author coach with New Degree Press. We have a great conversation about with lots of book recommendations, as well as stories about the reading and writing life. </p> <p>Pick up a <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/2982/9781641378970">copy of Emily's book</a>, <a href="https://www.emilyvanderbent.org/book">visit her website</a>, and follow her on Instragram <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/emilyvanderbent_author/">@emilyvanderbent_author</a></p> <p>Books from today's episode are on the <a href= "https://bookshop.org/lists/underrepresented-stories-of-women-in-history-with-emily-vanderbent-episode-72"> Library Laura storefront on bookshop.org</a></p> <p>Follow the Library Laura Podcast on <a href= "http://www.instagram.com/librarylaurapodcast">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/librarylaurapodcast">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/librarylaurapod">Twitter</a>, and on the <a href= "https://librarylaurapodcast.blogspot.com/2021/08/episode-72-underrepresented-stories-of.html"> Podcast Blog</a>. </p>