David Barclay Moore‘s middle grade debut The Stars Beneath Our Feet comes out on September 19th from Knopf.  Hear how David went from a kid really into comics, to a college experience where he organized a group for creative people, to a writer of books for kids.

Episode Mentions:

* A Wrinkle in Time

* Wind in the Door

* Paddington Bear

* Ivanhoe

* Mark Twain

* Huck Finn

* Richard Corben

* Heavy Metal

* John Byrne

* Frank Miller

* Bob Burden

* Paul Chadwick

* Jewels Vern

* Spike Lee

* Toni Morrison

* Haruki Murakami

* Alfred Hitchcock

* Iowa State University

* Howard University

* Universite de Montpellier

* Ossie Davis

* Ta-Nehisi Coates

* Yona Harvey

* Natasha Tarpley

* Kemp Powers

* Jelani Cobb

* Harlem Children’s Zone

* Agent Steven Malk

* The Stars Beneath Our Feet

* Kirkus

* Publisher’s Weekly

* A Room With A View