Interview with Shannon Wideman, Author of The Girl Who Ran

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Girl Who Ran?

I wanted to write a story about how our experiences and families shape both our strengths and our weaknesses. We don’t get to choose or control how we’re affected, but we can learn to use those experiences to our advantage.

If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of The Girl Who Ran, what would they be?

Unshattered by Meraki Moon

What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?

I love to read historical fiction, the bigger the better, but I wouldn’t want to write it. I prefer to write epic fantasy.

What books are on your TBR pile right now?

Nexus by Yuval Harari; Poems and Prayers by Matthew McConaughey.

What scene in your book was your favorite to write?

The ball. I loved the idea of a farm girl going to an event so different from her lived experience and having her sexuality awoken.

Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)

I am a yoga teacher, so I write in some pretty weird positions. I rarely sit in a chair.

Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?

“This too shall pass.”

If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?

I’d want readers to be so invested in the characters that they can’t wait for the next book, but also to have a sense of their own powers and how to use them for good.

Shannon Wideman is the author of the new book The Girl Who Ran

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