There are few greater experiences for a reader than to be partway into a story only to discover that you have been fully swept up in the writer’s imagination. You inhabit this (oftentimes) fantasy world of the author’s creation, yet you understand the geography and the inhabitants and their language, and the smells and rules and dangers as unwaveringly as if it was the place outside your own front door. There are tricks to making the unbelievable believable and to building worlds that become effortless to occupy. Great writers make us want to return to them again and again.

Presenters: Soman Chainani, Craig Kofi Farmer, Ben Guterson, Darcie Little Badger

Moderator: Melissa Weisberg