Photos courtesy of Brandon Mull
New York Times best-selling author shares his love of food and wild imagination
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tah Farm and Fork caught up with Brandon Mull, #1 New York Times best-selling author to talk about his memories of food and how it’s connected to memories of his childhood and even ends up in his stories. While originally from California, Mull has made Utah his home and where he’s raised his family.
Mull is known by many young fiction readers, and
their parents, as the author of many best-selling books, including The Candy Shop War, Pingo, Smarter Than a Monster, as well as the Fablehaven, Beyonders, Dragonwatch, Spirit Animal, and the Five Kingdoms series. Those interested can learn more about Brandon at brandonmull.com or by searching on Facebook or Instagram. What is your hometown? Where have you lived during your life? I have lived here in Utah for my whole adult life.
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Growing up I lived in Thousand Oaks and Clayton, California; and Southbury, Connecticut. I also served a religious mission to Antofagasta, Chile for two years. Tell me about your family. I grew up with supportive parents and grandparents along with a bunch of cousins. My experiences with my grandparents as a kid is partly why grandparents feature as important characters in my Fablehaven novels.
utah farm & fork
| fall
2020
