Perhaps the hardest part of being a writer who is also a human is balancing the rest of your life with your writing career. In our last fall session, we'll chat with debut author Emily Varga all about pursuing a writing career even when the odds seem stacked against you. She will share with us her unique journey to publication, her writing rituals, and her secret to keeping all the roles in her life — mom, lawyer, and writer — balanced. We will also get an exclusive sneak peek at her debut novel, For She is Wrath, publishing in winter 2024.

Emily Varga is a YA Fantasy author with a fondness for getting lost in bookstores, eating copious amounts of rice, and watching a lot of terrible reality tv. She has lived all over the world, but currently calls the Rocky Mountains of western Canada home, where she lives with her family and their menagerie of pets. When she’s not writing, Emily works as a family lawyer, where she learned more about storytelling than she ever expected. You can find out more about Emily at emilyvargabooks.com.

The Writer as Human: Balancing the Pursuit with EMILY VARGA