Ten Questions for Jana Larson

“I can’t imagine myself without this book.” —Jana Larson, author of Reel Bay
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“I can’t imagine myself without this book.” —Jana Larson, author of Reel Bay
“I had a substantially different version of this book that just wasn’t working, scrapped it, did that again, and then the third time was a charm.” —Charles Yu, author of Interior Chinatown
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