440: Music and Magic: Writing a Brazilian Story for an English-Speaking Audience — Interview

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Heloisa Prieto. We’ll be talking about all of the puzzle pieces in her book,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Musician</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Heloisa Prieto is one of Brazil's most celebrated children and YA authors. She has sold over two million books in her native country. Her</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mano</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">series of YA novels inspired the Time Warner movie The Best Things in the World. She recently published 1,002 Ghosts, and her book</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Viajantes do Vento</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">was selected for the PNLD Public Book-Purchasing Programme, the biggest of its kind in the world.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She has spent a lifetime researching myths and legends-both ancient and modern-and organizing and curating collections of cross-cultural interest. She has created and organized numerous creative writing workshops for children, teenagers, and adults. Heloisa also has a PhD in French literature from the University of São Paulo, and a master's degree in semiotics from the Catholic University of São Paulo.<br /> <br /> You can find her on her <a href= "https://heloisaprieto.com/?lang=english">website</a> or follow her on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HeloisaPrieto">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/heloisa_prieto">Twitter</a>, and <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/heloisa.prieto/">Instagram</a>.</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode Heloisa Prieto and I discuss:</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The different points of view that she used and why she included journal excerpts.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How she incorporated her love of fairy ta