Ally is the author of the MATCHED trilogy, ATLANTIA, the Edgar-nominated SUMMERLOST, and the DARKDEEP series (with Brendan Reichs).

Find Ally on Twitter: @allycondie and Instagram: @ally.condie. Her website is AllyCondie.com. THE LAST VOYAGE OF POE BLYTHE comes out March 26th from Penguin Random House.

Show Notes:

Books, authors, movies, TV, specials, and other media or institutions mentioned include:

Ally Carter's A Letter to Baby Author Me (circa 2004)

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert's TED Talk about following up Eat, Pray, Love

Cynthia Leitich-Smith

Cynsations Survivor Series

Madonna

Kekla Magoon

Shadow Mountain

Brandon Mull

Jodi Reamer

Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer

John Green

Dan Santat

Carolyn Mackler

Julie Strauss-Gabel

On women writers using grants for childcare: Financial Windfalls: 15 Stories of the Money That Changed Everything

Edgar Awards

Brendan Reichs

YAllWest

VCFA Writing for Children and Young Adults

Martine Leavitt

Soman Chainani

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, by Daniel H. Pink

The Good Place

The Olympics

P.D. James

Agatha Christie

Laurie King

An Na

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