# Now, Appalachia interview with author Van Jensen

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Podcast: ["Now, Appalachia"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/now-appalachia-17360)
Published: 2026-03-13T15:01:10+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/episodes/Now--Appalachia-interview-with-author-Van-Jensen-e3gd30t
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## Resource

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot speaks with author Van Jensen about his new novel GODFALL. Van Jensen is an author of novels, comic books and graphic novels, as well as a writer of film and TV. He is the creator of the GODFALL trilogy (Grand Central), in development as a TV series from Imagine Entertainment with Academy Award-winner Ron Howard attached to direct. Previously, he served as a Comic Book Ambassador for the U.S. State Department. Jensen was born and raised in a village in Western Nebraska. He lives in Atlanta.

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