Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing Legendary Maddie Martinez.

Maddie Martinez was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her love of stories began with desert plumes and watermelon sunsets. She has a Bachelor's in Political Science from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and a Master's in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University in Washington, DC. You can now find Maddie in New York City, filling her tiny apartment with an unwieldy number of books. The Maiden and Her Monster is her first novel.

In this episode:

• Courtney and Maddie bond over living in New Mexico.
• We chat all things The Maiden and Her Monster.
• Maddie shares more about her research process and story inspiration.
• We get into the love of broadway, freaks, and monsters
• Storybeast fieldtrip to a Hozier concert anyone?
• We chat lessons in pacing and the fashion icon advice that can help guide your story craft.
• Maddie shares her horror recs and offers us candy.

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