What Book Hooked You?

Author of the debut YA novel THE SILENCE OF BONES, June Hur is here to talk Pride & Prejudice fan fiction, her journey in publishing, and researching her new book.

Episode Mention:

* Pride and Prejudice* Jane Eyre* The Silence of Bones* Anne of Green Gables* We Need Diverse Books* Confucianism* Stalking Jack the Ripper* Spin the Dawn* Wicked Fox* Little Fires Everywhere

Author of the debut YA novel THE SILENCE OF BONES, June Hur is here to talk Pride & Prejudice fan fiction, her journey in publishing, and researching her new book.

Episode Mention:

* Pride and Prejudice* Jane Eyre* The Silence of Bones* Anne of Green Gables* We Need Diverse Books* Confucianism* Stalking Jack the Ripper* Spin the Dawn* Wicked Fox* Little Fires Everywhere

Author Liz Lawson shares her debut THE LUCKY ONES, out now from Delacorte Press. We talk about the 3 books that she loved as a young person and what influenced her to write YA.

Episode Mentions:

* The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* The Princess Bride* The Westing Game* Megan Crane* Elizabeth Little* Bridget Jones’s Diary* John Green* Andrew Smith* Sara Zarr* Story of a Girl* Courtney Summers* E. Lockard* We Were Liars* The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks* The Baby-Sitters Club* Sweet Valley High* The Lucky Ones* In Silent Seas We Drown* If These Wings Could Fly

Author Liz Lawson shares her debut THE LUCKY ONES, out now from Delacorte Press. We talk about the 3 books that she loved as a young person and what influenced her to write YA.

Episode Mentions:

* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* The Princess Bride* The Westing Game* Megan Crane* Elizabeth Little* Bridget Jones's Diary* John Green* Andrew Smith* Sara Zarr* Story of a Girl* Courtney Summers* E. Lockard* We Were Liars* The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks* The Baby-Sitters Club* Sweet Valley High* The Lucky Ones* In Silent Seas We Drown* If These Wings Could Fly

So happy to have Claribel A. Ortega back on the podcast. We catch-up talking about Scholastic, her debut being adapted into a movie, her podcast, & the release of GHOST SQUAD.

Episode Mentions:

* Claribel’s 1st visit to the podcast* unboxing video of Ghost Squad* ‘shooting stars’ meme* Ghost Squad* Scholastic Book Fairs* the movie announcement* Write Or Die podcast* Kat Cho* My Favorite Murder* Write Or Die’s Patreon* Stardew Valley* her graphic novel* The Circle Brazil* Animal Crossing* Howl’s Moving Castle* Magic For Liars

So happy to have Claribel A. Ortega back on the podcast. We catch-up talking about Scholastic, her debut being adapted into a movie, her podcast, & the release of GHOST SQUAD.

Episode Mentions:

* Claribel's 1st visit to the podcast* unboxing video of Ghost Squad* 'shooting stars' meme* Ghost Squad* Scholastic Book Fairs* the movie announcement* Write Or Die podcast* Kat Cho* My Favorite Murder* Write Or Die's Patreon* Stardew Valley* her graphic novel* The Circle Brazil* Animal Crossing* Howl's Moving Castle* Magic For Liars

Rahul Kanakia shares her newest YA novel WE ARE TOTALLY NORMAL. We also discuss her influences, MFA experience, and her journey into writing.

Episode Mentions:

* Revolutionary Road* Orson Scott Card* Isaac Asimov* Mercedes Lackey* Goosebumps* Foundation* Dungeons & Dragons* Dragon Magazine* The New Lifetime Reading Plan* Emma* Enter Title Here* We Are Totally Normal* Samuel Delaney* Legally Blonde* Wheel of Time* The Cadaver King & the Country Dentist

Rahul Kanakia shares her newest YA novel WE ARE TOTALLY NORMAL. We also discuss her influences, MFA experience, and her journey into writing.

Episode Mentions:

* Revolutionary Road* Orson Scott Card* Isaac Asimov* Mercedes Lackey* Goosebumps* Foundation* Dungeons & Dragons* Dragon Magazine* The New Lifetime Reading Plan* Emma* Enter Title Here* We Are Totally Normal* Samuel Delaney* Legally Blonde* Wheel of Time* The Cadaver King & the Country Dentist

Author Samantha Mabry joins us this week to talk about her inspirations, magical realism, and her newest book TIGERS, NOT DAUGHTERS.

Episode Mentions:

* The House of the Spirits* Kurt Vonnegut* Pearl Jam* Annie Dillard* The Woman in White* Edith Wharton* A Fierce and Subtle Poison* Magical Realism* One Hundred Year of Solitude* All the Wind in the World* Tigers, Not Daughters* King Lear* The Virgin Suicides* My Cousin Rachel* Little Women* The Song of Achilles

Author Samantha Mabry joins us this week to talk about her inspirations, magical realism, and her newest book TIGERS, NOT DAUGHTERS.

Episode Mentions:

* The House of the Spirits* Kurt Vonnegut* Pearl Jam* Annie Dillard* The Woman in White* Edith Wharton* A Fierce and Subtle Poison* Magical Realism* One Hundred Year of Solitude* All the Wind in the World* Tigers, Not Daughters* King Lear* The Virgin Suicides* My Cousin Rachel* Little Women* The Song of Achilles