What Book Hooked You?

This week author Victoria Scott talks about how she found a life as a writer and her newest release WE TOLD SIX LIES from Entangled Teen.

Episode Mentions:

* This Is Not a Test* Bird Box* We Told Six Lies* Violet Grenade* Gone Girl* RL Stine* Christopher Pike* Kendare Blake* Kiersten White* Paranormalcy* We Were Liars* You* Dexter* Hear the Wolves* The Collector* Fire & Flood* Cassandra Clare* Mortal Instruments* The Dark Artifices* Sarah J. Maas* Throne of Glass* An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

This week author Victoria Scott talks about how she found a life as a writer and her newest release WE TOLD SIX LIES from Entangled Teen.

Episode Mentions:

* This Is Not a Test* Bird Box* We Told Six Lies* Violet Grenade* Gone Girl* RL Stine* Christopher Pike* Kendare Blake* Kiersten White* Paranormalcy* We Were Liars* You* Dexter* Hear the Wolves* The Collector* Fire & Flood* Cassandra Clare* Mortal Instruments* The Dark Artifices* Sarah J. Maas* Throne of Glass* An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

Writer Hanna Alkaf started writing fiction to challenge herself. This test led to write her debut YA story THE WEIGHT OF OUR SKY. Listen is as Hanna takes us through this journey.

Episode Mentions:

* Enid Blyton* Roald Dahl* Nancy Drew* Anne of Green Gables* Little Women* Judy Blume* Dragonlands* The Lord of the Rings* Thousand and One Nights* The Merchant of Venice* May 13th Incident* The Weight of Our Sky* Ballet Shoes* The Princess Bride* To All the Boys I Loved Before* Dumplin’* A Game of Thrones* Sadie

Writer Hanna Alkaf started writing fiction to challenge herself. This test led to write her debut YA story THE WEIGHT OF OUR SKY. Listen is as Hanna takes us through this journey.

Episode Mentions:

* Enid Blyton* Roald Dahl* Nancy Drew* Anne of Green Gables* Little Women* Judy Blume* Dragonlands* The Lord of the Rings* Thousand and One Nights* The Merchant of Venice* May 13th Incident* The Weight of Our Sky* Ballet Shoes* The Princess Bride* To All the Boys I Loved Before* Dumplin'* A Game of Thrones* Sadie

Author Gita Trelease’s debut, Enchantee, comes out on February 5th from Flatiron Books. Gita talks about creating this story that’s part magic, part historical fiction.

Episode Mentions:

* Daughter of Smoke & Bone* The Witch of Blackbird Pond* Nancy Drew* Agatha Christie* Jane Eyre* Charles Dickinson* SCBWI* Enchantee* A Room With A View* Bright Star* Les Misérables* A Tale of Two Cities* Sadie

Author Gita Trelease's debut, Enchantee, comes out on February 5th from Flatiron Books. Gita talks about creating this story that's part magic, part historical fiction.

Episode Mentions:

* Daughter of Smoke & Bone* The Witch of Blackbird Pond* Nancy Drew* Agatha Christie* Jane Eyre* Charles Dickinson* SCBWI* Enchantee* A Room With A View* Bright Star* Les Misérables* A Tale of Two Cities* Sadie

Debut author Sabina Khan was influence by her daughters to write stories they could see themselves in. Hear how Khan came to write her newest book, THE LOVE & LIES OF RUKHSANA ALI.

Episode Mentions:

* Malory Towers* The Phantom* Pride and Prejudice* Jane Erye* Twilight* Uglies* Scott Westerfeld’s episode* Percy Jackson* The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali* Written in the Stars* If You Could Be Mine* Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel* To All the Boys I Loved Before* Six of Crows* City of Brass* S.A. Chakaborty’s episode* Kingdom of Cooper

Debut author Sabina Khan was influence by her daughters to write stories they could see themselves in. Hear how Khan came to write her newest book, THE LOVE & LIES OF RUKHSANA ALI.

Episode Mentions:

* Malory Towers* The Phantom* Pride and Prejudice* Jane Erye* Twilight* Uglies* Scott Westerfeld's episode* Percy Jackson* The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali* Written in the Stars* If You Could Be Mine* Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel* To All the Boys I Loved Before* Six of Crows* City of Brass* S.A. Chakaborty's episode* Kingdom of Cooper

This week I’m happy to have writer Ben Philippe on the podcast to talk about his debut release THE FIELD GUIDE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN TEENAGER. We get into video games, how he discovered the love of writing, and influential books.

Episode Mentions:

* Animorphs* Goosebumps* Agatha Christie* Gilmore Girls* Manga* The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time* Final Fantasy* N64* Chrono Trigger* Harry Potter* Entourage* n+1* Venus Drive* The Confederacy of Dunces* Don Quixote* MFA vs. NYC* Tennesse Williams* The Field Guide to the North American Teenager* The Perks of Being a Wallflower* Smallville* his book’s dedication* Ben’s twitter* The Accidental Billionaires* Infinite Jest* The Poet X

This week I'm happy to have writer Ben Philippe on the podcast to talk about his debut release THE FIELD GUIDE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN TEENAGER. We get into video games, how he discovered the love of writing, and influential books.

Episode Mentions:

* Animorphs* Goosebumps* Agatha Christie* Gilmore Girls* Manga* The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time* Final Fantasy* N64* Chrono Trigger* Harry Potter* Entourage* n+1* Venus Drive* The Confederacy of Dunces* Don Quixote* MFA vs. NYC* Tennesse Williams* The Field Guide to the North American Teenager* The Perks of Being a Wallflower* Smallville* his book's dedication* Ben's twitter* The Accidental Billionaires* Infinite Jest* The Poet X