Wherever this up-and-coming Bellingham novelist is, her characters follow

Becky Mandelbaum on how fiction unfolds. Her upcoming book, 'Homewrecker,' bodes well for young career

By: Sophia Gates

Outlets: Cascadia Daily News

Published: September 13, 2026

Words: 1,393

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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When the Bellingham-based writer Becky Mandelbaum is in the thick of developing a story, her characters are always with her.

They came with her to a yoga class when she was in the midst of revising her latest novel, after days of reading and writing about them morning to night. She compares it to bingeing a TV show, where “the feeling of the show is in you” even when you’re no longer watching — “a …

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