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Take Note: Centre County Reads Author Stacey Lee

Stacey Lee writes historical fiction for young adults. Her novel, Under A Painted Sky, was the Centre County Reads selection this year. It follows a Chinese girl and a runaway slave as they seek freedom on the Oregon Trail — masquerading as boys. Lee discussed the book, writing diverse characters and growing up Asian-American with WPSU's Eleanor Klibanoff at the Nittany Lion Inn in March. 

Hear questions from the audience below. 

stacey_lee_q_a.mp3

Eleanor Klibanoff was WPSU's reporter for Keystone Crossroads, a statewide reporting collaboration that covers the problems and solutions facing Pennsylvania's cities. Previously, Eleanor was a Kroc Fellow at NPR in DC. She worked on the global health blog and Weekend Edition, reported for the National desk and spent three months at member station KCUR in Kansas City. Before that, she covered abortion politics in Nicaragua and El Salvador, two of the seven countries in the world that completely ban the procedure. She's written for Atlanta Magazine, The Nicaragua Dispatch and Radio Free Europe.