Can storytelling change the world? Author Colum McCann is uniquely suited to answer that question. McCann is the co-founder of Narrative 4 , a non-profit organization that promotes empathy and peace through story exchanges. He is also the author of several novels and short-story collections, including the recently-released book, Apeirogon. His work has earned him several international awards and honors, including the National Book Award, the International Dublin IMPAC Prize, a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the French government, the 2010 Best Foreign Novel Award in China, an Oscar nomination, and more. When and how did you decide to become a writer? I was fascinated by writing at a fairly young age. My father was a journalist. I loved going to his newspaper offices with him. And I loved meeting writers. Our house was so full of books that you could not see the wallpaper. It was around the age of ten or eleven that I really began to think about stories. And I worked as a
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