Author Caitlin Shetterly joins us to talk about her experience being diagnosed in the winter of 2020-2021, and how that impacted her life and her writing.
She is the author of Pete and Alice in Maine, and her diagnosis resulted in 3 months of lost writing… but it also brought healing in an unexpected way.
Graciously, Caitlin is offering to give away two copies of Pete and Alice in Maine!
The FIRST TWO people to DM @thisistype1pod on Instagram with your NAME and SHIPPING ADDRESS will receive a copy of the book directly from Caitlin’s publisher.
Meet Caitlin Shetterly
Caitlin Shetterly is the author of Modified, Made for You and Me, and the bestselling Fault Lines: Stories of Divorce.
Her first novel, Pete and Alice in Maine was published in 2023 in hardcover, and in 2024 as a paperback.
The New York Times reviewed Pete and Alice with these words: ““Shetterly’s debut achieves a subtle grace, a quality of light and shadow worthy of a Bergman film.”
Shetterly’s work has been featured in the The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Orion, Elle, Self, and on Oprah.com, as well as This American Life and various other public radio shows.
She is an editor at large for Frenchly, a French arts and culture online news magazine, for which she writes the popular “Le Weekend” newsletter.
A Maine native, she graduated with Honors from Brown University and now lives with her two sons and husband in her home state.
Caitlin was diagnosed with T1D is 2021, after a harrowing sickness in the darkness of that first Covid winter.
Now, managing her disease is a daily meditation. However, she still enjoys running in the woods, gardening, eating and swimming in the ocean.
She is passionately committed to helping preserve, in every way she can, the peace of wild things.
Mentioned in This Episode
- Connect with Caitlin on Instagram @caitlinshetterly
- Caitlin’s website: caitlinshetterly.com
- Listen to Caitlin’s interview on The Novel Writing Podcast
- GrifGrips overpatches
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Credits
Our music is by Joseph McDade. Check out his website here!
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