This week, we spoke with Lamar Giles, the Edgar Award-nominated author of the YA thriller novels Fake ID, Endangered, Spin, and Overturned; the YA contemporary novel Not So Pure and Simple; and the YA horror novel The Getaway. Lamar Giles is also a founding member of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books and the author of the A Legendary Alston Boys Adventure middle grade series.

Tune in to hear him talk about pacing the plots of his novels in a way that makes them compelling without feeling rushed, how he raises the stakes in both his contemporary and horror/thriller novels, and how he creates characters with unique perspectives on the world and maintains their voices throughout his stories.

Follow Lamar Giles on social media:

Website: https://www.lamargiles.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lamargiles/ 

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6571558.Lamar_Giles 

Pre-order Static: Up All Night: https://bookshop.org/p/books/static-up-all-night/18906834?ean=9781779510518 

Purchase Epic Ellisons: Cosmos Camp:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/epic-ellisons-cosmos-camp-lamar-giles/19218090?ean=9780358423379 

Purchase House Party: 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/house-party/18850108?ean=9780593488157 

Purchase Fake ID:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/fake-id-lamar-giles/6430749?ean=9780062121851 

Purchase Endangered:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/endangered-lamar-giles/6433415?ean=9780062297570 

Purchase Spin:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/spin-lamar-giles/6942064?ean=9781338582185 

Purchase Overturned:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/overturned-lamar-giles/6942762?ean=9781338312843 

Purchase Not So Pure and Simple: https://bookshop.org/p/books/not-so-pure-and-simple-lamar-giles/6434773?ean=9780062349200 

Purchase The Getaway:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-getaway-lamar-giles/18073727?ean=9781338752014 

Purchase The Last Last-Day-of-Summer:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-last-last-day-of-summer-lamar-giles/6960671?ean=9780358244417 

Check out Lamar Giles’ books at the library:

https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=lamar%20giles&searchType=bl&page=1 

Lamar Giles’ book recommendations:

The Library of Broken Worlds by Alaya Dawn Johnson:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-library-of-broken-worlds/18383203?ean=9781338290622 

Superman Lost: 

https://www.amazon.com/Superman-Lost-2023-1-Priest-ebook/dp/B0BVGS885X  

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix:

Purchase: https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-sell-a-haunted-house-grady-hendrix/18965143?ean=9780593201268 

Check it out at the library: https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1458124 

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The music featured in today's episode is "Silver Flicker" by Colors of Illusion.