First Draft with Sarah Enni

Emma Straub, New York Times-bestselling author of The Vacationers, Modern Lovers, Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures, and the short story collection Other People We Married, talks about her most recent novel, All Adults Here, out in paperback now. She and her husband own Brooklyn bookstore Books Are Magic.

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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• Emma Straub's father is Peter Straub, author of Ghost Story, Julia, A Dark Matter, and more

• The Magnetic Fields (band)

• The "Apology" episode of Still Processing, a New York Times podcast featuring conversations between culture writers Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham

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• Edan Lepucki, New York Times bestselling author of California and Woman No. 17. She is also the co-host, with fellow writer Amelia Morris, of the podcast Mom Rage.

• Rufi Thorpe, author of The Girls from Corona del Mar and Dear Fang: With Love, talks about her new novel, The Knockout Queen.

• Catie Disabato, author of The Ghost Network and the new adult contemporary novel U Up?

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Jon Klassen, Caldecott Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the I Want My Hat Back series, is back with a book he wrote and illustrated: The Rock From the Sky.

And by Revision Season, the seven-week virtual master class in novel revision led by award-winning author Elana K. Arnold. The Spring 2021 course will run from May 9 to June 26 and Enrollment opens April 1st! Learn more at ElanaKArnold.com.

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• Hear Jon's first First Draft interview here

• Marla Frazee, two-time Caldecott Honor-winning author and illustrator of The Boss Baby, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, All the World, and many more. She joins us to talk about the Farmer series: The Farmer and the Clown, The Farmer and the Monkey, and The Farmer and the Circus. Hear her First Draft interview here.

• George Saunder's most recent book: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

• Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator, most widely known for his play, Waiting for Godot. Sarah Boxer wrote about Jon's new book for the New York Times with the headline, "Jon Klassen Meets Samuel Beckett in a Hilariously Dark Picture Book."

• Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of books for children, including many books illustrated by Jon, like Caldecott-Honor books Extra Yarn and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, and the Shapes trilogy: Triangle, Square, and Circle.

• Carson Ellis, author and illustrator of Caldecott Honor book Du Iz Tak?, bestselling picture books Home, and many more visited First Draft to talk about In the Half Room. Listen to her FIrst Draft interview here.

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• Matthew Burgess and Cátia Chien, artist and illustrator respectively, of picture book The Bear and the Moon.

• Oliver Jeffers, visual artist, illustrator of The Day the Crayons Quit, and author and illustrator of How to Catch a Star, The Fate of Fausto, and Here We Are visited First Draft to talk about his newest picture book, What We'll Build. Listen to his First Draft interview here.

• Matt de la Peña, author of seven critically acclaimed young adult novels including Mexican Whiteboy and Newbery Medal–winning author of Last Stop on Market Street talks about his newest collaboration with illustrator Christian Robinson, Milo Imagines the World. Listen to his First Draft interview here.

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Brittney Morris, author of Slay and Miles Morales: Wings of Fury talks about her newest speculative YA, The Cost of Knowing.

And by Revision Season, the seven-week virtual master class in novel revision led by award-winning author Elana K. Arnold. The Spring 2021 course will run from May 9 to June 26 and Enrollment opens April 1st! Learn more at ElanaKArnold.com.

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (listen to her First Draft interview here)

• The Piano (movie)

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

• Papo & Yo (video game)

• Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine

• Black Panther (movie)

• #PitMad

• National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)

• Brittney worked on video games The Lost Legend of Redwall and Subnautica: Below Zero

• The Redwall video game is based on Redwall by Brian Jacques

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• Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give and On the Come Up talks about her latest book, Concrete Rose, as well as the upcoming Blackout.

• Leah Johnson, author of You Should See Me In a Crown, and the forthcoming Rise to the Sun.

• Mary H. K. Choi, New York Times bestselling author of Emergency Contact and Permanent Record and Yolk.

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Marla Frazee is the two-time Caldecott Honor-winning author and illustrator of The Boss Baby, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, All the World, and many more. She joins us to talk about the Farmer series: The Farmer and the Clown, The Farmer and the Monkey, and The Farmer and the Circus, out now.

This episode was brought to you by We Are the Fire, the YA fantasy by debut author Sam Taylor, out from Swoon Reads now!

And by Revision Season, the seven-week virtual master class in novel revision led by award-winning author Elana K. Arnold. The Spring 2021 course will run from May 9 to June 26 and Enrollment opens April 1st! Learn more at ElanaKArnold.com.

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Crockett Johnson

• Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendack

• You can order signed copies of Marla's books from Vroman's Bookstore

• You can order signed copies of Marla's books from Once Upon a Time bookstore in Montrose, CA

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• Matt de la Peña, author of seven critically acclaimed young adult novels including Mexican Whiteboy and Newbery Medal–winning author of Last Stop on Market Street talks about his newest collaboration with illustrator Christian Robinson, Milo Imagines the World.

• Oliver Jeffers, visual artist, illustrator of The Day the Crayons Quit, and author and illustrator of How to Catch a Star, The Fate of Fausto, and Here We Are talks about his newest picture book, What We'll Build.

• Carson Ellis, author and illustrator of bestselling picture books Home and Caldecott Honor book Du Iz Tak?, talks about her newest picture book, In the Half Room.

🗣️ I want to hear from you!

Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998 or send an email to [email protected] !

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Laurie Devore, author of How To Break a Boy and Winner Takes All, talks about her latest contemporary YA, A Better Bad Idea.

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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• Lurlene McDaniel, author of Don't Die, My Love, Six Months to Live, and Breathless

• The Gemma Doyle series, made up of: A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing, by Libba Bray, author of Printz award-winner Going Bovine, and genuinely terrifying historical paranormal The Diviners, and more. Hear her First Draft interview here.

• The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles, the forthcoming Sword Catcher duology, and co-author of the Magisterium series. Hear her first interview on First Draft in support of Chain of Gold, and hear her talk about its follow up, Chain of Iron, and answer listener questions here!

• Absolute Write

• Diana Fox, literary agent and founder of Fox Literary, who is Laurie's literary agent

• "Gunpowder and Lead" and "Kerosene" by Miranda Lambert

• Mind the Gap documentary, directed by Bing Liu

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• Arvin Ahmadi, author of Down and Across, Girl Gone Viral, and his latest, How it All Blew Up.

• Tiffany D. Jackson, author of Allegedly, Monday's Not Coming, and Let Me Hear A Rhyme, talks about her new book, Grown.

• Robyn Schneider, author of The Beginning of Everything, Extraordinary Means, Invisible Ghosts, and You Don't Live Here.

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David Arnold is the New York Times bestselling author of Mosquitoland, Kids of Appetite, and The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik, talks about his latest genre-bending YA sci-fi, The Electric Kingdom, out now!

This episode is brought to you by Freedom, the easy-to-use app that blocks distracting apps and websites, letting you get into deep work flow. Use offer code FIRSTDRAFT for 40% off a yearly or forever plan.

And by We Are the Fire, the YA fantasy by debut author Sam Taylor, out from Swoon Reads now!

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon

• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

• The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein

• LOST (TV show)

• X-Files (TV show)

• Sphere by Michael Crichton

• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

• Courtney C. Stevens, author of Faking Normal, Dress Codes for Small Towns, and more. Listen to her First Draft interview here.

• Ruta Sepetys, #1 New York Times bestselling and Carnegie-winning author of Between Shades of Gray, Out of the Easy, and Salt to the Sea. She talked about her newest novel, Fountains of Silence, in a recent First Draft interview.

• Hootie and the Blowfish (band)

• Alanis Morissette (musician)

• Elliott Smith (musician)

• Switched on Pop, a podcast about the making and meaning of popular music hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding and produced by Vulture

• "The Culture Warped Pop, For Good," by Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding in The New York Times

• Director and screenwriter Michel Gondry

• Arrival (movie)

• Eric Heisserer (screenwriter of Arrival)

• Ted Chiang, author of short story collections including Exhalation and Stories of Your Life and Others, which includes Story of Your Life, the basis for the film Arrival

• Jóhann Jóhannsson (score for Arrival)

• Hildur Guonadóttir (musician)

• Slow Meadow (band)

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• Anna Carey, author of the speculative/genre-bending This is Not The Jess Show and of The Eve Trilogy (Eve, Once, Rise) and the Blackbird series (Blackbird, Deadfall).

• David Levithan, editorial director at Scholastic and the author of many young adult novels, including Boy Meets Boy, and speculative fiction juggernaut Every Day, and co-author with Rachel Cohn of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Dash and Lily's Book of Dares.

• Justin Reynolds, author of character-driven stories with speculative twists, The Opposite of Always and Early Departures.

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Cassandra Clare is #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles, the forthcoming Sword Catcher duology, and co-author of the Magisterium series. She joins First Draft to discuss her most recent Shadowhunter novel, Chain of Iron, the latest installation of the Last Hours trilogy, and to answer listener questions.

This episode is brought to you by It's Kind of a Cheesy Love Story by Lauren Morril, out now!

And by Freedom, the easy-to-use app that blocks distracting apps and websites, letting you get into deep work flow. Use offer code FIRSTDRAFT for 40% off a yearly or forever plan.

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• Hear my first conversation with Cassandra Clare on First Draft here

• Pacemaker is the word count software Cassandra uses to stay on top of her deadlines

• Sixth Sense (movie)

• Holly Black, Newberry Honoree and New York Times bestselling author of the Spiderwick Chronicles, The Curse Workers, Magesterium, and her most recent series, Folk of Air. Hear her First Draft interview here.

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• Maureen Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of of several YA novels, including 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Suite Scarlett, The Name of the Star, and Truly Devious: A Mystery.

• Victoria Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of A Darker Shade of Magic, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Vicious, and more.

• Sabaa Tahir, NY Times bestselling author of the An Ember in the Ashes series. Hear her first interview here, and hear her answer listener questions here.

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Ransom Riggs, New York Times best-selling author of the Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children series, which is wrapping up with the sixth book, The Desolations of Devil's Acre, out now!

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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• Hear Ransom's first First Draft interview here

• The Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children movie

• Cassandra Clare, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles, the forthcoming Sword Catcher duology, and co-author of the Magisterium series. Her most recent Shadowhunter novel, Chain of Gold, kicks off the Last Hours trilogy. Hear her First Draft interview here.

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• Tahereh Mafi, New York Times best-selling author of the Shatter Me series, and author of National Book Award long-listed A Very Large Expanse of Sea and more. Hear her First Draft interview here.

• Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series, the Carve the Mark duology, and the short story collection, The End and Other Beginnings, talks about her first adult fantasy novel, Chosen Ones.

• Maureen Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of of several YA novels, including 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Suite Scarlett, The Name of the Star, and Truly Devious: A Mystery. She has also done collaborative works, such as Let It Snow (with John Green and Lauren Myracle), and The Bane Chronicles (with Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan).

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Mary H. K. Choi, New York Times bestselling author of Emergency Contact and Permanent Record and her newest YA, Yolk, answers listener questions.

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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• Listen to Mary H K Choi's first appearance on First Draft here

• Amy Sherman-Palladino, creator of Gilmore Girls

• Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, the filmmaker brothers behind Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou? and many more

• Alexander Chee, author of The Queen of the Night, Edinburgh, and How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays

• Famous diarist Anaïs Nin, Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1939-1947

• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend

• Elana K. Arnold's Revision Season

• Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

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• Christina Hammonds-Reed, debut author of The Black Kids, who appeared on First Draft in conversation with 2020–2021 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Jason Reynolds, whose many books include All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely [listen to his First Draft interview here]), As Brave as You, For Every One, the Track series, Look Both Ways, Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You and Long Way Down, which received a Newberry Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor.

• Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of National Book Award and Printz Award-winning The Poet X, With the Fire on High and Clap When You Land.

• Zan Romanoff, journalist and author of A Song to Take the World Apart, and Grace and the Fever, and Look.

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Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998 or send an email to [email protected] !

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Anna Carey is the author of This is Not The Jess Show. She's also the author of The Eve Trilogy (Eve, Once, Rise) and the Blackbird series (Blackbird, Deadfall).

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• Listen to Anna's first First Draft interview here!

• Catie Disabato, author of The Ghost Network and the new adult contemporary novel U Up? Hear her First Draft interview here.

• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, and her TED Talk, "Your Elusive Creative Genius"

• John Cusick at Folio Literary Management is Anna's current literary agent

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• Jenny Han, New York Times best-selling author of the To All the Boys I Loved Before series and the Summer I Turned Pretty series.

• Morgan Matson, New York Times bestselling author of Since You've Been Gone, The Unexpected Everything, Save the Date and more. (Hear her very first FIrst Draft interview here)

• Maggie Stiefvater, author of The Raven Boys cycle, The Scorpio Races, the Shiver series, and All the Crooked Saints.

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