Exclusive Interview with Author, Kathryn Stockett

In this exclusive Bookfinity “12 Things” interview, Kathryn Stockett opens up about herself and her latest novel, The Calamity Club. Through a mix of thoughtful (and fun) questions, she shares insights into her writing process, creative inspiration, and what readers can expect from her newest release.

Below are a couple of our favorite questions and answers from the interview. Watch the YouTube video to see and hear all 12 questions.

Bookfinity: If you could dish on the most unique part of your creative process, what would it be?

Stockett: Oh, it's not very it's not very interesting. I have a scarf I wear that is really ugly and I have to have it when I'm writing and everyone knows that it is my comfort scarf and it's been left on trains, planes, hotels. It was run over once and it survived and it always comes back to me.

Bookfinity: How would you describe The Calamity Club in one sentence?

Stockett: Hopefully funny, not too depressing even though it is set during the Depression.

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Get the book on may 5th - The Calamity Club

The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, TOWN & COUNTRY, MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE, GARDEN & GUN, AARP, WOMAN'S WORLD, COUNTRY LIVING, AND OPRAH DAILY

"So immersive, exciting, and downright fabulous, you never want it to end."--Oprah Daily

The multimillion-copy-selling author of The Help returns with a bold, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women, fighting for what's rightfully theirs--and the power of friendship to change everything.

Oxford, Mississippi, 1933.

Abandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable "big girls" at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, she fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed.

Birdie Calhoun, unmarried and outspoken, has come to Oxford to ask her socialite sister to help the struggling family she's left behind. But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister's seemingly charmed life is a tapestry of lies.

Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman running low on luck with little left to lose. When their fates--and Meg's--converge, Charlie comes up with an audacious plan to claim what's rightfully theirs. But in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife and women's freedom is fragile, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences.

The Calamity Club will make you laugh, cry, and cheer--an epic testament to underestimated women who know that calamity can be the spark of new beginnings. This is Kathryn Stockett at her most confident, heartfelt, and hilarious--the triumphant return of one of the most beloved storytellers of our time.

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The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film--a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't--nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who's always taken orders quietly, but lately she's unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She's full of ambition, but without a husband, she's considered a failure.

Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town...

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