Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The First Ten Years: Two Sides of the Same Love Story | 2021 | Joseph Fink | Buy |
Joseph Fink’s non-fiction work is The First Ten Years (2021), a dual memoir co-written with his wife, Meg Bashwiner. The book tells their love story from both sides, covering the decade that included Night Vale’s creation and rise.
The book alternates chapters between Fink and Bashwiner, giving each person’s perspective on the same events. Their accounts sometimes agree and sometimes differ, which is part of the point. The memoir covers their meeting, Fink’s struggle to build a creative career, and the unexpected success of Welcome to Night Vale.
Readers who come to the book expecting Night Vale content will find some of that, but the focus stays on the personal relationship. It is a love story first and a creative memoir second. The dual-narrator structure makes it unusual among celebrity memoirs and gives both voices equal weight.