Tue, 6 December 2016
Hear Sona Charaipotra, co-author of TINY PRETTY THINGS and SHINY BROKEN PIECES and co-founder of CAKE Literary, talks about her Halloween welcome to the U.S., being married to your greatest accountability partner, and fostering mentorship. Sona Charaipotra Show Notes The Babysitter’s Club by Anne M. Martin The Vampire Diaries (TV show) Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Dhonielle Clayton (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Bombay Talkie by Ameen Amir Arranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri YA authors Siobhan Vivian, Jenny Han (listen to her First Draft interview here), Coe Booth Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Book by Kaye (@gildedspine) sold to Salaam Reads Love Sugar Magic by Anna Meriano
Bajirao Mastani (Bollywood film) The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
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Tue, 29 November 2016
Hear Amie Kaufman, New York Times best-selling co-author of the STARBOUND trilogy and the ILLUMINAE series, talk shipwrecks and her favorite sound, how science fiction is fantasy for the real world, using "shenanigans ensue" as a plotting device, and my new favorite thing: the “shut up and take my money” list.
Amie Kaufman show notes THIS SHATTERED WORLD by Amie and Meagan Spooner (listen to her First Draft interview here) THE BOXCAR CHILDREN by Gertrude Chandler Warner THE BABY SITTERS' ISLAND ADVENTURE The Baby Sitters' Club Super Special #4 by Ann M. Martin Gravity (film) THE HORSE AND HIS BOY by C.S. Lewis 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Jules Verne Anne McCaffrey, THE DRAGON RIDERS OF PERN, THE TOWER AND THE HIVE series Alan Lee, iliustrator of THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series) SKYLARK by Meagan Spooner John Green's Vlogbrothers video, “What Makes Us Human” Firefly (TV show) Marie Lu, THE YOUNG ELITES and LEGEND UNEARTHED, Amie’s new book with Meagan Spooner Indiana Jones (films) Tomb Raider (video game) Phillip Pullman, HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy Quote from Pullman (in THE GOLDEN COMPASS) about ideas having a “soap bubble” phase: “The idea hovered and shimmered delicately, like a soap bubble, and she dared not even look at it directly in case it burst. But she was familiar with the way of ideas, and she let it shimmer, looking away, thinking about something else.” Victoria Schwab (listen to her First Draft interview here) THE ANDROMEDA CYCLE, the new series coming from Amie and her co-author Jay Kristoff Stephanie Perkins’ blog post: Love Lists |
Tue, 8 November 2016
Some past and future First Draft interviewees share their stories about voting, how their characters would vote, love of stickers, and one story of a jujutsu-master suffragette! Special Election Podcast Show Notes Morgan Matson, author of THE UNEXPECTED EVERYTHING, AMY AND ROGER'S EPIC DETOUR, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here) Elana K. Arnold, author of INFANDOUS, FAR FROM FAIR, the forthcoming WHAT GIRLS ARE MADE OF, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here) Sabaa Tahir, author of AN EMBER IN THE ASHES and A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT Mackenzi Lee, author of THIS MONSTROUS THING and THE GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE (listen to her First Draft interview here) Brandy Colbert, author of POINTE and the forthcoming LITTLE AND LION (listen to her First Draft interview here) Cat Winters, author of IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS, THE CURE FOR DREAMING, and THE UNINVITED, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here) Somaiya Daud, author of the forthcoming MIRAGE (listen to her First Draft interview here) Amy Plum, author of the DIE FOR ME series, the AFTER THE END series, and the forthcoming DREAMFALL (listen to her First Draft interview here) Marie Lu, author of the LEGEND series, the YOUNG ELITES trilogy (listen to her First Draft interview here) Maurene Goo, author of SINCE YOU ASKED and the forthcoming I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE (listen to her First Draft interview here) Claire Legrand, author of THE CAVENDISH HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, SOME KIND OF HAPPINESS, and FOXHEART, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here) Amy Lukavics, author of DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS, THE WOMEN IN THE WALLS, and the forthcoming THE RAVENOUS (listen to her First Draft interview here) Lance Rubin, author of DENTON LITTLE'S DEATHDATE and DENTON LITTLE'S STILL NOT DEAD (listen to his First Draft interview here) Samantha Mabry, author of A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON and the forthcoming THE REAL MARVELOUS (listen to her First Draft interview here) Natalie C. Parker, author of the BEWARE THE WILD series and editor of the forthcoming anthology TRIANGLES: THE POINTS OF LOVE ANTHOLOGY Elissa Sussman, author of STRAY and BURN (listen to her First Draft interview here) Kirsten Hubbard, author of RACE THE NIGHT (out today!), WATCH THE SKY, WANDERLOVE and LIKE MANDARIN (listen to her First Draft interview imminently!) |
Wed, 2 November 2016
Join me and Josephine Angelini, author of the STARCROSSED trilogy, and the WORLDWALKER series (the finale, WITCH’S PYRE, is out now!), as we talk about houses burning down, trading a diary for writing fiction, and how long you can avoid the reality that you are meant to write.
Josephine Angelini Show Notes MISTS OF AVALON by Marion Zimmer Bradley Details on the sexual assault allegations against Bradley by her daughter Anne McCaffrey DRAGON RIDERS OF PERN DARKOVER series by Marion Zimmer Bradley Ursula le Guin A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA GRACELING by Kristin Cashore ON THE JELLICOE ROAD by Melina Marchetta |
Wed, 26 October 2016
Join me and Ransom Riggs, New York Times best-selling author of MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN - which was recently released as a major motion picture - and the new selection of short stories, TALES OF THE PECULIAR, as we talk about living side by side with the past, making friends with the neighbor kids, and the freedom of having no expectations. Ransom Riggs Show Notes Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis Dragonlance (video game) The Legend of Zelda (video game) The Terminator (movie) The Shining (movie) Friday the 13th (movie) Win Wenders (filmmaker) Kenyon College (and their alumni magazine's interview with Ransom here!)
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Tue, 18 October 2016
Join Tahereh Mafi, New York Times best-selling author of FURTHERMORE (out now!) and the SHATTER ME series, as we discuss childhoods full of new starts and goodbyes, the ways contemporary books can feel like fantasy, and writing 5,000 words every single day for two years (!). Tahereh Mafi Show Notes Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Absolute Write forums |
Thu, 22 September 2016
Hear Zan Romanoff, whose brilliant debut novel A SONG TO TAKE THE WORLD APART is out now, talk about using her Yale diploma to ward off Hanson haters, generational trauma, the terrifying power of puberty, and her follow-up novel, GRACE AND THE FEVER (May 2017)!
Zan Romanoff show notes Kate Hart (listen to her First Draft episode here) The Babysitter’s Club by Anne M. Martin Hanson, “Mmmbop” Dawson’s Creek (TV series) Brenna Yovanoff, PLACES NO ONE KNOWS "California Girls," Zan’s piece in the Paris Review about Joan Didion Girl Crush Zine, by Jenna Wortham & Thessaly La Force "There is No Such Thing as the Young Adult Novel," Zan’s article on The Millions about what is YA Logan Garrison Savits, Zan’s agent GIRLS ON FIRE by Robin Wasserman Zan’s essay about Taylor Swift conspiracy theories in Broadly |
Tue, 9 August 2016
Leila Howland, author of NANTUCKET BLUE, THE FORGET-ME-NOT SUMMER, and its sequel THE BRIGHTEST STARS OF SUMMER (and the forthcoming HELLO, SUNSHINE, due out next summer!), talks writing hiatus, learning structure from screenwriting, and finding inspiration in well-intentioned missteps. Leila Howland Show Notes STUART LITTLE by E.B. White A LITTLE PRINCESS and THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett HEIDI by Johanna Spyri THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame Young Frankenstein (movie) Sara Crowe (agent) SAVE THE CAT by Blake Snyder 10 Cloverfield Lane (movie) The Godfather (movie) THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LAUNDAU BANKS by E. Lockhart Lost It by Kristin Tracy Bridesmaids (movie) Elin Hilderbrand (author) Josephine Angelini (author)
Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper on Mad Men, TV show) HELLO SUNSHINE, forthcoming book from Leila Kayla Cagan (author)
SUMMER IN THE INVISIBLE CITY by Juliana Romano (Leila's review for her debut book, FIRST THERE WAS FOREVER) Robert Hass: “Take the time to write. You can do your life’s work in half an hour a day.”
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Tue, 26 July 2016
Join me and Jenny Han, New York Times best-selling author of the TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE series and the SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY series, among other things, about reading in the bathtub, how food is political, intense first love, and mixing friendship and money by co-writing with your best friend.
Jenny Han Show Notes
DEAR MR HENSHAW by Beverly Cleary BEEZUS AND RAMONA by Beverly Cleary HATCHET by Gary Paulsen THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA by C. S. Lewis THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER by E. L. Konigsburg Leigh Bardugo (listen to her First Draft interview here) My So-Called Life (TV show) Romeo + Juliet (movie) Basketball Diaries (movie) Titanic (movie) Silence of the Lambs (movie) X Files (TV show) Law & Order (TV show) THE BABYSITTER’S CLUB by Ann M. Martin SWEET VALLEY HIGH by Francine Pascal SLEEPOVER FRIENDS by Susan Saunders PEN PALS by Sharon Dennis Wyeth SADDLE CLUB by Bonnie Bryant Sarah Weeks (middle grade author) When Harry Met Sally (movie) BEAUTIFUL CREATURES by Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON by David Leviathan and John Green LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott
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Tue, 19 July 2016
Hang with me and Dhonielle Clayton, co-author of TINY PRETTY THINGS and its sequel, SHINY BROKEN PIECES (out now!), as well as author of forthcoming series THE BELLES (spring ’17). She talks about weekly childhood trips to the bookstore, being a writing n00b, accidentally getting a boarding school job, and writing to arrested development. And don't forget to take the First Draft Podcast listener survey!
Dhonielle Clayton Show Notes THE PAHNTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster I WANT MY HAT BACK by Jon Klassen The Hanging Garden (group of writers on Tumblr) The Longstockings: Jenny Han, Coe Booth, Siobhan Vivian, Lisa Graff Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery Pretty Little Liars (TV show) OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald Grey’s Anatomy (TV show) Victoria Marini, literary agent at ICM THE SELECTION by Kiera Cass WITHER by Lauren DeStefano The Princess Bride (movie) BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA by Katherine Peterson |