Somaiya Daud, debut author of YA sci-fi book MIRAGE, was the very first author I ever interviewed for First Draft Podcast. We had a lot to catch up on since then, so listen now to hear about Somaiya's bumpy path to publication, the way race plays into our concepts of the future and, of course, Star Wars!

Somaiya Daud Show Notes

Somaiya Daud's first interview with First Draft Podcast

J. R. R. Tolkien

William Gibson

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Emma by Jane Austen

One Thousand and One Nights

Sheherazade

Historiography

Star Wars

Alloy Entertainment

Chelsea Grimmer

The Poetry Vlog

Somaiya Daud on The Poetry Vlog

Provincializing Europe by Dipesh Chakrabarty

Ex Machina (film)

The Jetsons

Joanna Volpe