Design preview. Mara Ellis and The Atlas of Small Things are fictional. This illustrative interview was written for the VGN website preview; no real interview took place.
Where does a story begin?
VGN: What drew you to the idea of a mapmaker returning home?
Fictional response: A map looks like a settled description of a place. A homecoming asks whether that description can still be trusted. The imagined novel begins in the distance between the two.
Place and memory
VGN: What can a setting reveal about a character?
Fictional response: The same street can hold different meanings for the people who walk along it. The book’s imagined landscape gives those differences room to unfold.
For readers
This sample demonstrates the pacing and typography of a VGN author conversation. Replace it with an authorized, accurately transcribed interview before launch.
