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Kate Clark Stone

Kate Clark Stone

Debut novelist and former attorney known for The Last Sunday in May, a novel about a female race car driver's second chance at the Indy 500.

Jun 22, 2026

TatyanaHOST
5:54
Mm-hmm.
5:54
I did, um, I was in, I worked in juvenile law in multiple areas.
5:57
So I prosecuted child abuse, and then I was a public defender for teenagers, worked in juvenile justice, like kind of diversionary work, and it was just sad.
6:07
I was, I was a pretty sad [laughs] person.
6:09
And, um, you have to have a really good ability to compartmentalize to stay in that part of the law, and I did not.
6:17
So I went into, uh, nonprofit work, totally different nonprofit work, had a baby when I had a baby.
6:24
And then when the pandemic happened, it was like, "I need something to do." Um, my husband has a family business, and he had to keep a lot of people employed.
TatyanaHOST
11:01
So can you give us a spoiler-free overview of The Last Sunday in May?

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