{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Forigin-story.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fvictor-lavalle-Kf8uB_sC","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":" Victor LaValle (Lone Women) on the Power of Monsters, and Writing a Different Kind of Historical Fiction Novel","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ada502ac-cde7-4a2d-8305-57a1fe1f3e3c/9cc2d4ad-1815-434c-8bcc-d0b7f9a41247/origin-story-cover-bigger-3000.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/5414b1c0-5e4b-4331-8a63-df353501525b\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\" Victor LaValle (Lone Women) on the Power of Monsters, and Writing a Different Kind of Historical Fiction Novel\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Victor LaValle is the author of a short story collection, five novels, and is also the creator and writer of two comic books. \n\nHis novel, The Changeling, will soon be airing on Apple TV+ starring LaKeith Stanfield.\n\nHe has been the recipient of numerous awards including the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, Whiting Writers' Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship,and many more.\n\nWe talk with Victor LaValle about his newest novel, Lone Women, a historical fiction novel about a Black women named Adelaide who flees to Montana to start a new life as a homesteader in Montana.\n\nWe get into how Victor thinks about speculative fiction and specifically, monsters, as a way to complicate difficult subject matter, his recent forays into television writing, and much more.\n\nHosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp\n\nYou can follow Victor LaValle here.\n\nVisit our website: Originstory.show\n\nFollow us on Twitter @originstory_\n\nDo you have feedback or questions for us? Email us theoriginstorypod@gmail.com\n\nCover art and website design by Melody Hirsch\n\nOrigin Story original score by Ryan Hopper"}