1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Kerry Madden is an accomplished writer of fiction and nonfiction for young readers, with a gift for capturing family, place, and the emotional lives of young people. Her Maggie Valley Trilogy — Gentle’s Holler, Louisiana’s Song, and Jessie’s Mountain — is set in the mountains of North Carolina and follows a family whose stories are rooted in music, hardship, imagination, and Appalachian life. In this episode of Bookmark with Don Noble, Don Noble speaks with Kerry Madden at the annual literary conference On the Brink, held at Jacksonville State University. Their conversation explores Madden’s work for young adults, her Maggie Valley novels, and her biography Up Close: Harper Lee, written for young readers. Madden’s Up Close: Harper Lee was named one of Booklist’s Top Ten Biographies for Youth in 2009. Her first novel, Offsides, was named a New York Public Library Pick for the Teen Age, and her work includes plays, journalism, fiction, nonfiction, and writing guides for young readers. Raised in college football towns across the South, Madden brings a strong sense of place, voice, and Southern experience to her writing. Bookmark with Don Noble features conversations with writers whose work has shaped Alabama, the South, and American literature. Bookmark with Don Noble http://bookmark.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/41792665/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/41792665