Lindsay Eagar: Race to the Bottom of the Sea Story of the Book

In this episode of Story of the Book, Lindsay Eagar talks us through how she wrote her second middle grade novel, Race to the Bottom of the Sea, which was published by Candlewick Press in October 2017. We talk about starting a book with a list of things you love, what it means to "write what you know" and how, sometimes, telling everyone the ending is a good idea. :)

SPOILER WARNING: In this episode, we discuss the plot of Race to the Bottom of the Sea in detail. If you haven't read the book and you hate spoilers, please read the book before listening! We don't want to ruin it for you! :) 

Show notes:

Lindsay's website 

Follow Lindsay on Twitter

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Buy Race to the Bottom of the Sea

Add Race to the Bottom of the Sea on Goodreads

Lindsay's agent is Victoria Marini 

Road Dahl

A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Ramona Books

Lindsay mentions a Disney movie called Shipwrecked, starring Gabriel Byrne

Jake and the Never Land Pirates

Alexandre Desplat wrote the score for the film adaptation of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Muppet Treasure Island

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Pirates of the Caribbean 

Lindsay mention's synaesthesia when she's talking about the use of colour in her work

Kaylan Adair, Lindsay's editor at Candlewick

The origin of the word amateur 

Lindsay's hugely successful online writing courses!

Martha Beck