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The Best of the Book Nook: 'Demon in My View' by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

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Revisiting an interview with my youngest guest ever.

(Original recording made in 2000)

Twenty-four years ago Amelia Atwater-Rhodes came through our area on a book tour. This writer had just published "Demon in My View." It was her second published book. She was writing fantasy novels for young adult readers populated by vampires and witches. On the day that she appeared as my guest on the radio Amelia Atwater-Rhodes was a junior in high school. I cannot recall interviewing anybody younger than that over the 30 years that I have been talking to writers about their work. The author turned 40 this year.

The Book Nook on WYSO is presented by the Greene County Public Library with additional support from Washington-Centerville Public LibraryClark County Public LibraryDayton Metro LibraryWright Memorial Public Library, and Tipp City Public.

Vick Mickunas is the host of Book Nook on WYSO, which he created in 1994. He has conducted more than 1,700 author interviews, from Studs Terkel to Lee Child to John Glenn. He is a book critic for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News-Sun.