Pete Hautman
Pete talks about breakfast, the romance of the writing group, and inspiration
Pete Hautman is the author of more than 30 novels for adult, teen, and middle-grade readers, including the 2004 National Book Award winner Godless and Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner The Big Crunch. He has written three New York Times Notable Books and won four Minnesota Book Awards. His “young adult” novels range from science fiction (The Obsidian Blade) to mystery (Blank Confession) to contemporary drama (Godless) to romantic comedy (What Boys Really Want). Hautman’s recent books include the middle-grade novels Slider and Otherwood. His most recent book is Answers to Dog. With novelist, poet, and occasional co-author Mary Logue, Hautman divides his time between Golden Valley, Minnesota, and Stockholm, Wisconsin.
“There is no greater muse than financial need.”
Mentioned in this episode:
Answers to Dog by Pete Hautman (Candlewick, 2024) - out now!
Slider by Pete Hautman (Candlewick, 2019)
The Blood Water Mysteries by Pete Hautman and Mary Logue
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Also:
American “dog” authors Jim Kjelgaard and Jack London
Stockholm, Wisconsin (not Sweden)
“If it doesn’t amuse me, it depresses me.”