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Listen and Be Heard | Katherine Scott Crawford on Recovering from Academia
Listen and Be Heard | Katherine Scott Crawford on Recovering from Academia
Katherine Scott Crawford talks with Tony Robles about her book, “The Miniaturist’s Assistant.” Crawford, and being a recovering academic. Groove Collective a...
Events
July 2nd | In Conversation with Eliza Knight | Page 158 Books | Wake Forest, NC
July 2nd | In Conversation with Eliza Knight | Page 158 Books | Wake Forest, NC
Katherine Scott Crawford will be In Conversation with author Eliza Knight at Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, NC — about Eliza’s newest multi-generational novel, Lost in the Summer of ‘69 . Details TBA!
Aug 1 | Katherine Scott Crawford at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove | Arden, NC
Aug 1 | Katherine Scott Crawford at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove | Arden, NC
Sept 10 - 12 | Carolina Mountains Literary Festival | Burnsville, NC
Sept 10 - 12 | Carolina Mountains Literary Festival | Burnsville, NC
A nonprofit organization striving to foster community by supporting and celebrating literacy and the love of literature in the Southern Appalachians.
Awards & Accolades
Winner of Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction | 2025 North Carolina Book Awards
Winner of Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction | 2025 North Carolina Book Awards
North Carolina’s strong literary tradition is celebrated by the 2025 North Carolina Book Awards, which will be presented Dec. 5 during the annual meeting of…
Southern Literary Review’s 2025 Book of the Year
Southern Literary Review’s 2025 Book of the Year
The editors of Southern Literary Review select several books each year to receive special recognition. (See criteria here.) Congratulations to the authors of these fine additions to Southern literature! Book of the Year – (Tie) The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff The Miniaturist’s Assistant by Katherine Scott Crawford Poetry Lullaby for […]
Podcasts
Haunted Portraits of a Divided City: Katherine Scott Crawford on The Miniaturist Assistant | S10E11
Haunted Portraits of a Divided City: Katherine Scott Crawford on The Miniaturist Assistant | S10E11
What happens when an art conservator who restores tiny 18th‑ and 19th‑century portraits starts seeing one of her subjects in a shadowed Charleston alley?In S...
Bookish Flights | Remarkable Women and the Rich History of the South with Katherine Scott Crawford (E203)
Bookish Flights | Remarkable Women and the Rich History of the South with Katherine Scott Crawford (E203)
In this episode of Bookish Flights, I’m joined by Katherine Scott Crawford to talk about historical fiction, remarkable women, and the rich history of the American South. We discuss her novel set in Charleston, the power of immersive storytelling, and why historical fiction offers readers a transpor
History, Books & Wine | Portraits of the Past with Katherine Scott Crawford
History, Books & Wine | Portraits of the Past with Katherine Scott Crawford
Take on the South | AI Writing with Katherine S. Crawford
Take on the South | AI Writing with Katherine S. Crawford
Fun Stuff
The Miniaturist's Assistant Spotify Playlist
The Miniaturist's Assistant Spotify Playlist
Peek Into the Secret World of The Miniaturist's Assistant | Pinterest
Peek Into the Secret World of The Miniaturist's Assistant | Pinterest
Reviews & Interviews
Review of The Miniaturist’s Assistant in Story Circle
Review of The Miniaturist’s Assistant in Story Circle
Review of The Miniaturist's Assistant in Foreword
Review of The Miniaturist's Assistant in Foreword
The Miniaturist's Assistant: An art conservator, a scholar, and a portraitist embrace the mysteries of love and ancestry in Katherine Scott Crawford’s enchanting fantasy novel The Miniaturist’s Assistant. In 2004, Gamble works in a Charleston museum. Fascinated by the...
The Miniaturist's Assistant - Historical Novels Review
The Miniaturist's Assistant - Historical Novels Review
In Charleston, South Carolina, in 2004, Gamble Vance is an expert at restoring miniature portraits. But there is one that she can’t forget—a woman with hazel eyes. Why does she look familiar? Then Gamble sees a young woman in Stoll’s Alley in old-fashioned dress. She appears to be a ghost, or a memory, and looks […]
Interview in Advance Reading Copy with Jon Mayes
Interview in Advance Reading Copy with Jon Mayes
Retreats
The Fireside Writing Retreat: Jan. 9 - 11, 2026
The Fireside Writing Retreat: Jan. 9 - 11, 2026
Earthshine Retreats Earthshine Retreats Fireside Writing RetreatJanuary 9-11, 20263 days / 2 nights (additional night available) The artist Andrew Wyeth once wrote, “I prefer winter … when you feel the […]
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