“Thanks, writer, for helping fill the world with stories....

“Thanks, writer, for helping fill the world with stories. In my humble opinion, there’s nothing better for the soul, for our collective imaginations, and our understanding of each other, than this ancient and foundational tradition of tale-telling. Your bravery in committing your novel to the page is actually making this beautiful, complicated world a better place. Bravo.”

Lindsey Grant is the former Program Director for NaNoWriMo. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction and English from Mills College in Oakland, California. Though she lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for nine glorious, sun-drenched years, she originally hails from Atlanta, Georgia. You’d know she’s a Southerner at heart by her liberal use of the word “y’all” and her belief in casseroles as a form of damage control. She currently lives in Zurich, Switzerland with her husband and their cats, where she cooks often, tries to speak German, and blogs about her attempts to assimilate.

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Image description: A graphic with a blue background and a red tent, campfire image, and NaNoWriMo logo. It includes a headshot of Camp Counselor Lindsey Grant, and includes the quote text, “In my humble opinion, there’s nothing better for the soul, for our collective imaginations, and our understanding of each other, than this ancient and foundational tradition of tale-telling.”