Tue, 30 October 2018
Tiffany D. Jackson—author of ALLEGEDLY, whose latest book, MONDAY’S NOT COMING, is out now! Her next book, LET ME HEAR A RHYME, is due out May 21, 2019!—talks about still considering herself a newbie writer, the allure of horror stories, and being honest about the emotions of publishing.
Tiffany Jackson Show Notes
There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
Get Out (movie) |
Tue, 23 October 2018
Laini Taylor is a National Book Award finalist for Lips Touch Three Times, New York Times bestseller for the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, and Printz Honoree for Strange the Dreamer and its sequel, Muse of Nightmares, out now!
Laini Taylor Show Notes Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Victoria Aveyard (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here) Jim di Bartolo, illustrator and Laini’s husband Arthur Levine, publisher at Scholastic In the Shadows by Kiersten White and Jim di Bartolo Victoria Schwab (listen to her First Draft podcast here) Libba Bray (listen to her First Draft podcasts here and here) Maurene Goo (listen to her First Draft podcasts here and here and here) Gentleman and Phantoms, Laini’s story which appears in the Foretold anthology
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Tue, 16 October 2018
Tochi Onyebuchi, author of CROWN OF THUNDER, the second book in the BEASTS MADE OF NIGHT series--which is out now--talks about the audacity of new writers’ ideas, writing himself and his family into a book for the first time, and being an award-winning witness.
Tochi Onyebuchi Show Notes The Los Angeles TImes Festival of Books (listen to my interview with the festival’s Associate Director of Events Programming, Maret Orliss, here) The Wikipedia entry of Nigerian-Americans Lie Down In Darkness by William Styron The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay Renee Ahdieh (listen to her First Draft interview here) Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo (manga) The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault Eugène Delacroix, French Romantic artist Sabaa Tahir (listen to her First Draft podcast here) Marie Lu (listen to her First Draft podcast interviews here and here) Leigh Bardugo (listen to her FIrst Draft podcast interview here) Black Panther (movie) Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (listen to her First Draft podcast here) Mad Men (TV show) |
Tue, 9 October 2018
Sam Maggs, author of A FANGIRL’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: A Handbook for Geek Girls and WONDER WOMEN: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History, talks about her most recent book, GIRL SQUADS, a non-fiction collection of 20 female friendships that changed history. Sam shares the Google search that kicked off the new book, the surprising (and alarming) stories she stumbled on while researching GIRL SQUADS, and deploying her pronunciation skills for the audiobook.
Sam Maggs Show Notes
The Ripped Bodice bookstore in Culver City, CA
Wonder Women by Sam Maggs
Zohra, the all-female orchestra in Afghanistan
1964 Japanese women’s volleyball team
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Tue, 2 October 2018
Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of DEAR MARTIN, talks about her newest young adult novel, ODD ONE OUT, out October 9! Nic talks about lies of imagination versus lies of convenience, “high taste” readers, and the benefits of eavesdropping.
Nic Stone Show Notes
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi Brandy Colbert (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here) “Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors,” a friendship theory by Rudine Sims Bishop Christopher Myers and Chris Jackson, publishers of their own imprints at Random House Mae Carol Jemison (Astronaut) The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Divergent by Veronica Roth (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here) Delirium by Lauren Oliver Requiem by Lauren Oliver Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD. (president of Spellman University) Rena Rossner (NIc Stone’s agent at The Deborah Harris Agency) Phoebe Yeh, Nic’s editor Jordan Davis, a young black man killed in Florida over loud music The Beauty that Remains by Ashley Woodfolk Aminah Mae Safi (listen to her First Draft podcast here) |