The Power of Storytelling Across Different Mediums With YA and Children’s Author Jess Rinker on the Girls That Create Podcast
In this episode of the Girls That Create podcast, award-winning writer Jess Rinker sat down with host Erin Prather Stafford to discuss her journey as a writer, her creative process, and the importance of challenging oneself in storytelling. Rinker was also candid about her experiences as a caregiver and how writing has become her solace during challenging times.
Listen to the full interview with Jess Rinker on Word of Mom Radio
Flexibility and adaptability are crucial in writing, and Rinker exemplifies this through her work. She mentioned how she tries to explore different categories and mediums, recognizing the diversity of the modern literary landscape. From graphic novels to video game narratives, Rinker believes in the power of storytelling across various platforms.
About Jess Rinker
Author Jess Rinker has written several books for young readers, including picture book biographies and middle-grade fiction. Titles include Gloria Takes a Stand, a biography of feminist icon Gloria Steinem, and Send a Girl!: The True Story of How Women Joined the FDNY. Middle-grade novels include The Dare Sisters and The Dare Sisters: Shipwrecked!, Out of Time: Lost on the Titanic, The Hike to Home, and the new MONOLITH, a Wandering Moth Press endeavor.
Rinker has a BA in Social Welfare and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She also teaches in the University of Reno, Nevada at Lake Tahoe’s MFA program in the Writing for Children and Young Adults track, and undergrad creative writing at Centenary University in New Jersey. Most recently, she won the Katherine Paterson Prize for The Girl in the Window, and was awarded the Excellence in Teaching and Learning award for quality online course creation and teaching.
In addition to writing for children, Rinker’s creative nonfiction has been featured in Feminine Collective, Creative Parents, Family Circle Magazine, PA Theatre Guide, Hunger Mountain, and other online publications, including the Cancer Hope Network website, which chronicles her experience as a caregiver while living in a rural area.
Learn more about Rinker and her work at jessrinker.com.
Read the Girls That Create Creator Spotlight about Rinker and illustrator Daria Peoples-Riley.
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