Kailee Pedersen returns to discuss her new psychological novel, The Minimalist.

The story follows gifted composer Mia Voss as she inherits her late mentor’s unfinished final composition and confronts the destructive legacy surrounding it.

Kailee explores how classical music, repetition, perfectionism, and artistic scrutiny shaped the novel’s structure and psychological intensity.

We also discuss Asian American adoptee identity, assimilation, grief, self-harm, and the mythology surrounding artistic genius.

Kailee reflects on writing without an outline, deleting half a manuscript, balancing revision with instinct, and knowing when creative work is finally complete.

The conversation also touches on opera, software engineering, video games, and her research for a forthcoming Western about a Chinese American family in Hell’s Canyon.

KAILEE PEDERSEN

Official Website

https://kaileepedersen.com/

Events

https://kaileepedersen.com/events/

Press

https://kaileepedersen.com/press/

Amazon Author Page

https://www.amazon.com/Kailee-Pedersen/e/B0C7NPQ67L

Goodreads Author Page

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/18460978.Kailee_Pedersen

SOCIAL MEDIA

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/kailee_pedersen/

Bluesky

https://bsky.app/profile/kaileepedersen.bsky.social

Threads

https://www.threads.net/@kailee_pedersen

https://x.com/KaileePedersen

THE MINIMALIST

Official Book Page

https://kaileepedersen.com/the-minimalist/

Macmillan

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250328274/theminimalist/

Amazon Hardcover

https://www.amazon.com/Minimalist-Kailee-Pedersen/dp/1250328276

Amazon Kindle

https://www.amazon.com/Minimalist-Novel-Kailee-Pedersen-ebook/dp/B0FMSDQXYZ

Barnes and Noble

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-minimalist-kailee-pedersen/1148028599

Bookshop.org

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-minimalist-a-novel-kailee-pedersen/74a63d1b17d3a226

Apple Books

https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-minimalist/id6751198732

Google Play Books

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Kailee_Pedersen_The_Minimalist?id=fnF-EQAAQBAJ

Audible

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Minimalist-Audiobook/B0GTX94PVD

Powell’s Books

https://www.powells.com/book/9781250328274

Books-A-Million

http://www.booksamillion.com/product/9781250328274

Target

https://www.target.com/p/the-minimalist-by-kailee-pedersen-hardcover/-/A-1005450482

Signed Copies

https://murderbooks.com/pedersen

Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240019985-the-minimalist

SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS

Official Book Page

https://kaileepedersen.com/sacrificial-animals/

Macmillan

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250328243/sacrificialanimals/

Titan Books UK

https://titanbooks.com/71950-sacrificial-animals/

Amazon Hardcover

https://www.amazon.com/Sacrificial-Animals-Novel-Kailee-Pedersen/dp/1250328241

Amazon Kindle

https://www.amazon.com/Sacrificial-Animals-Novel-Kailee-Pedersen-ebook/dp/B0CGRY74QK

Barnes and Noble

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sacrificial-animals-kailee-pedersen/1143881197

Bookshop.org

https://bookshop.org/p/books/sacrificial-animals-a-novel-kailee-pedersen/3c7d99648106284d

Apple Books Ebook

https://books.apple.com/us/book/sacrificial-animals/id6476883510

Apple Books Audiobook

https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/sacrificial-animals/id1707863330

Google Play Ebook

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Kailee_Pedersen_Sacrificial_Animals?id=BlHTEAAAQBAJ

Google Play Audiobook

https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Sacrificial_Animals_A_Novel?id=AQAAAECSQ3gD-M

Audible

https://www.audible.com/pd/Sacrificial-Animals-Audiobook/B0CKM6BMJ1

Libro.fm

https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781250349880-sacrificial-animals

Powell’s Books

https://www.powells.com/book/9781250328243

Books-A-Million

http://www.booksamillion.com/product/9781250328243

Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195790677-sacrificial-animals

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