For a novel that begins by plunging right ahead to its grim ending—a little boy falling from a water tower—Atomic Family (Blair, 2023) still manages to build excruciating suspense by the time the story circles back to the fall. Why did the boy climb the tower? Will he survive the fall? Author Ciera Horton McElroy […]
March Read of the Month: “Atomic Family” by Ciera Horton McElroy
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Donna Meredith interviews Ciera Horton McElroy
Editor Donna Meredith interviews Ciera Horton McElroy, author of Atomic Family, our February Read of the Month. DM: How many years went into the writing of Atomic Family? CHM: I started the novel as a short story collection in 2014 while a sophomore at Wheaton College. The bulk of the novel writing happened during my […]
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