{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpage-one.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep-20-kate-manning-gilded-mountain-V29r1GE_","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ep. 20: Kate Manning: Gilded Mountain","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8583da00-42e9-4897-ab16-2a2d61be8a44/8a55367b-ec1d-4a61-a6d1-179cede876c8/ep-20-kate-manning.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"In Episode 20, we interview Emmy award winning filmmaker, Kate Manning, about her most recent novel, GILDED MOUNTAIN, published by Scribner and named an Indie Book Pick for November 2022. If you’re a fan of meticulous research rendered in page-turning prose, you can bet on curling up to this captivating story, inspired by Manning’s family ties to a Colorado mining town in the 1910s. This is a story to savor this winter in your favorite reading chair by the fireplace or wherever you find yourself nesting with a book. Kate Manning is one of those rare talents, both remarkable in her craft and in the characters she renders. She’s a writer’s writer and a reader’s dream. She’ll transport and awaken you. And you can’t help but root for the women in this story, who no doubt, shaped Colorado’s tenacity of spirit. In this episode, Kate shares how she crafted this story over the course of ten years, and how she relies on her trusted early readers to identify what’s working or not. Humble, funny and insightful, Kate will inspire anyone who has the courage to tackle history with grace and grit.\n"}