Sometimes, a brilliant idea can begin in an unlikely place. For Shelby Van Pelt, her brilliant idea began by going down "a YouTube rabbit hole," she said. "Like, a naughty octopus rabbit hole ...

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Mom and former litigation consultant Shelby Van Pelt took the publishing world by storm with her debut novel “Remarkably Bright Creatures” in 2022. The story centers around a curmudgeonly ...

Author Shelby Van Pelt will discuss her writing process, loss, hope, and the giant Pacific octopus at Elmhurst University on Nov. 20. Van Pelt will be in conversation with Anne Swanson ...

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WATERFORD — When Reads by the River owner Kelly Klein first reached out to author Shelby Van Pelt to do an event at Klein’s bookstore, she had no idea that Van Pelt’s debut novel would soon ...

Anthropomorphizing an octopus for her bestselling book made Shelby Van Pelt more mindful of the perspectives that animals in captivity might have on their situation. Van Pelt debuted with ...