Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.

Hugo and Nebula Winning author and artist Ursula Vernon, along with her alter ego for adult readers T. Kingfisher, chats with Gary about the comfort of reading historical romances and horror fiction that doesn’t seem too close to home, the classic fantasy of Robin McKinley and Terri Windling, and the sometimes arbitrary distinctions between adult and kids’ literature, especially given the occasional disconnect between who buys the latter and who reads it.

Books mentioned include:

The Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher (forthcoming)

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

The Damar Series by Robin McKinley

Deerskin by Robin McKinley

The Wood Wife by Terri Windling

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz