“I don’t want to be paraded as an expert,” says Patricia Wood, author of the novel Lottery. “An expert is a mother or father who work day-to-day to understand their kid and to get the world ready to welcome him.” Wood knows a thing or two about the challenges of special needs children and adults. As a special education teacher, her hands-on experience was invaluable in creating her protagonist, Perry L. Crandall, a mentally challenged man who transcends all expectations in this debut novel. And indeed, it was the authenticity of Perry t
hat both won the notice of fans, and even the 2008 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, which short listed it this year. (Last night, 3-time nominee Rose Tremain, author of The Road Home was named the winner in the UK).Read the rest on:
Get Lost With Easy-Writer: Windfall: An Interview With Patricia Wood
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