Today’s guest is the multifaceted Kailee Pedersen: from software engineer to opera singer to novelist! Kailee shares about being adopted from China, growing up in Nebraska, navigating racial isolation and the complexities of searching for family across borders and systems. We also talk about her debut gothic horror novel Sacrificial Animals —how family legacy and intergenerational trauma show up on the page—and her upcoming novel The Minimalist, which features adoptee characters.

There is one brief mention of suicide in our conversation.

Show Notes

Full episode transcript here.

Recommended Resources

Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen
The Language of Blood by Jane Jeong Trenka

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