Interview: Augusta Scattergood on Glory Be
Augusta Scattergood ’s debut middle grade, Glory Be , perfectly captures life in a Mississippi town during the Freedom Summer in the early 1960s. With the same sensitivity and beauty of Kathryn Stockard’s The Help , Scattergood, gives us a story of civil rights and friendship. I had the pleasure of serving on the faculty of a Highlights Foundation Workshop with Augusta and am happy to share this conversation with you. Thanks, Augusta, for writing such a beautiful novel and for talking with me today. Thanks for having me, Nancy! Glory Be is wonderful. As authors, I'm not sure if we choose our stories or if they choose us. What was the case with Glory Be? I think I chose this one! I've always loved to write, but writing a novel seemed like a daunting task. I first tried to write it as an adult short story about a wedding planner who loved Elvis. Well, thank goodness that didn't work out! I love middle-grade novels, especially historicals. I really fel...