On this episode, host Dalia Hamilton sits down with local young adult author Tiffany Schmidt (@tiffanyschmidt) to discuss her work writing official novels for Mattel and Disney, as well as her experience as a parent and teacher and why young adult literature is important for readers of all ages.

Find Tiffany at tiffanyschmidt.com

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Book Recommendations in this episode:

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Once Bitten, Twice Dead by Tiffany Schmidt

All Is Found by Disney Books (featuring Tiffany Schmidt)

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

John Green

Maggie Stiefvater

Libba Bray

Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody

Save the Cat Writes a Young Adult Novel by Jessica Brody

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly

Windfall by Jennifer E Smith

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

The Island by Victoria Hislop

Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman