Caroline Kettlewell was interviewed for BookCast by Fairfax County Public Library Director Sam Clay. BookCast is sponsored by Virginia Commerce Bank through the Fairfax Library Foundation.

• Caroline Kettlewell has had two books published: Skin Game, a memoir about self-injury, and the narrative non-fiction book Electric Dreams, which has been adapted into a script for a film.



• She is a freelance reporter whose articles have appeared in The Washington Post, and she's also been a guest on the Diane Rehm show on National Public Radio.



• Caroline has built a demonstration electric motor out of tape, magnets, a plastic cup, paperclips, and some wire; has a great recipe for brownies; and can sing the opening 10 lines of John Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel" to the tune of the 1974 Terry Jacks hit song "Seasons in the Sun."