Author
Julie Carrick Dalton is the Boston-based author of The Last Beekeeper and Waiting for the Night Song, which was a CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, and Parade Most Anticipated Book and an Amazon Editor's Pick for Best book of the month. An alum of Bread Loaf, Tin House, and GrubStreet's Novel Incubator, Jule holds a Masters in Creative Writing and Literature and is a frequent speaker on the topic of Fiction in the Age of Climate Crisis. She is mom to four kids and two dogs. When she isn't reading or writing, you can probably find her skiing, kayaking, growing food, or chasing bees.
In this interview, Julie and I discuss The Last Beekeeper, all of the world building she did for this book, why she chose bees, her own beekeeping experiences, the book's stunning cover, the font created just for this book, maintaining …