Kelly Barnhill is an author whose book The Girl Who Drank the Moon was awarded the Newbery Medal in 2017. Kelly shares her process when writing a novel, reflects on her history growing up in Minneapolis and learning she loved to write, talks about her experience winning the Newbery Medal, and divulges her love for baking pies.

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