Film, Video Kendare Blake: 2014 National Book Festival
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Title
- Kendare Blake: 2014 National Book Festival
Summary
- Kendare Blake appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Event Date
- August 30, 2014
Notes
- - Adopted from South Korea when she was seven months old, Kendare Blake was raised in the United States. She arrived with the following advice: "Feed her lots of chocolate." Blake's debut novel focused on four friends who came of age after 9/11. Her young adult horror novels have received wide acclaim, including "Anna Dressed in Blood" and "Girl of Nightmares," which is about a teenage ghost hunter who falls in love with the dead girl he was supposed to murder. Her new series begins with "Antigoddess (Goddess War)." The novel combines ancient Greek mythology with contemporary American culture.
Related Resources
- National Book Festival website: https://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
Running Time
- 29 minutes 23 seconds
Online Format
- video
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- online text