
The idea of a next made me happy, so I filed away a story in the back of my head, and waited for the right time to write this book. But then readers started asking me what happened next. When I wrote Garden Spells, my first book, I gave everyone a happy ending, and I thought that was that.

What drew you back to Bascom in First Frost? What inspired you to return to Bay’s story? We spoke about the nature of belonging, magic, and writing.


Addison Allen’s books feature a splendid use of magical realism that immerses us into the hearts and minds of her characters. In Sarah Addison Allen’s First Frost we return to Bascom, North Carolina, and the magical Waverly family first featured in Garden Spells.
