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Today we get to hear from Adam White whose novel, THE MIDCOAST, was one of the big books of 2022. Adam and I will be talking about his decision to revise his third-person narrator in earlier drafts to the 1st-person omniscient and the possibilities and struggles such a revision involved.
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Adam White grew up in Damariscotta, Maine and now lives with his wife and son in Boston, where he teaches writing and coaches lacrosse. He holds an MFA from Columbia University. The Midcoast is his first novel. It was a national bestseller as well as a finalist for the New England Society Book Award and a CrimeReads Best Book of the Year.
Adam White on Inserting Your DNA into Your Book's Point of View