Join April and Tina as April discusses her new book, "The Last Wizard of Eneri Clare" on Get-INTUIT with TIna Conroy. 1pm November 30th. Listen by phone 516-387-1936 or use link: April Lindevald grew up adoring fantasy novels, except for one aspect: the violence. After a life spent devouring the work of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling, she set out to write an otherworldly epic devoid of armed conflict. In June, Lindevald, a member of the Congregational Church of Manhasset, achieved her goal by releasing a 684-page debut novel called "The Last Wizard of Eneri Clare." "I'm upset about our culture and how we embrace violence so completely," she said in an interview. "It seems a default reaction when everything goes wrong: let's bomb them or let's shoot them. I noticed in the fantasy genre that good guys defeat bad guys by having a battle and chopping the bad guys up. What if there's a novel where the good guys can't use lethal force? Instead they use resourcefulness, community intelligence, and creativity." She first developed a love of writing, she said, in English classes at Sachem High School in Ronkonkoma, where prizes for her work helped her gain admission to Washington College, a small liberal arts school in Chestertown, Md. Throughout college she devoted herself to writing a musical, which led her to pursue singing full-time, she said. She wrote of her debut in a blog post: "Don't let anyone ever tell you it's too late for you to have something meaningful to say." Her book was published on her 60th Birthday! https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/april-leonie-lindevald/last-wizard-eneri-clare/
