What Book Hooked You?

The YA thriller THE TRUTH BENEATH THE LIES comes out of December 12th from Delacorte Press. Hear the author Amanda Searcy discuss her journey as a writer and the books that influenced her as a young adult.

Episode Mentions:

* My Side of the Mountain

* The Babysitters Club

* Sleepover Friends

* Newbery Awards

* The Westing Game

* The Witch of Blackbird Pond

* Sweet Valley High

* The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

* Twilight

* The Truth Beneath the Lies

* The Hunger Games

* Kirkus Review

* The Haunting of Hill House

* The Outsiders

* Long Way Down

The YA thriller THE TRUTH BENEATH THE LIES comes out of December 12th from Delacorte Press. Hear the author Amanda Searcy discuss her journey as a writer and the books that influenced her as a young adult.

Episode Mentions:

* My Side of the Mountain

* The Babysitters Club

* Sleepover Friends

* Newbery Awards

* The Westing Game

* The Witch of Blackbird Pond

* Sweet Valley High

* The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

* Twilight

* The Truth Beneath the Lies

* The Hunger Games

* Kirkus Review

* The Haunting of Hill House

* The Outsiders

* Long Way Down

Author Leah Scheier‘s 3rd YA novel Rules of Rain comes out on December 5th. Listen in as Leah describes how fan fiction was a doorway to her writing career.

Episode Mention:

* The Chronicles of Prydain

* Chronicles of Narnia

* Sherlock Holmes

* The Hound of Baskervilles

* Secret Letters

* Your Voice is All I Hear

* Rules of Rain

* John Green

* Rainbow Rowell

* The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

* BBC Sherlock

* Twilight Series

* The Rosie Project

Author Leah Scheier's 3rd YA novel Rules of Rain comes out on December 5th. Listen in as Leah describes how fan fiction was a doorway to her writing career.

Episode Mention:

* The Chronicles of Prydain

* Chronicles of Narnia

* Sherlock Holmes

* The Hound of Baskervilles

* Secret Letters

* Your Voice is All I Hear

* Rules of Rain

* John Green

* Rainbow Rowell

* The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

* BBC Sherlock

* Twilight Series

* The Rosie Project

Author Alyssa Sheinmel‘s new book, R.I.P. Eliza Hart comes out on November 28th from Scholastic. Listen in as Alyssa talks about the books that inspired her and details of her new novel.

Episode Mentions:

* Kristy’s Great Idea

* Wuthering Heights

* Jane Eyre

* One Hundred Years of Solitude

* Prozac Nation

* Wasted

* Big Two-Hearted River

* Tender is the Night

* Kiss of the Spider Woman

* Beach Music

* Book Thief

* The Beautilful Between

* R.I.P. Eliza Hart

* Poaching of redwood burls

* Alice Hoffman

* Amy Gordon

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Author Alyssa Sheinmel's new book, R.I.P. Eliza Hart comes out on November 28th from Scholastic. Listen in as Alyssa talks about the books that inspired her and details of her new novel.

Episode Mentions:

* Kristy's Great Idea

* Wuthering Heights

* Jane Eyre

* One Hundred Years of Solitude

* Prozac Nation

* Wasted

* Big Two-Hearted River

* Tender is the Night

* Kiss of the Spider Woman

* Beach Music

* Book Thief

* The Beautilful Between

* R.I.P. Eliza Hart

* Poaching of redwood burls

* Alice Hoffman

* Amy Gordon

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In an open and honest conversation, Dave Connis makes a second appearance on the podcast to discuss the making of his album Look For Eden, the soon to be release novel The Temptation of Adam, and having to promote both in the wake of an unforeseen tragedy.

Episode Mentions:

* Dave’s 1st podcast appearance

* Temptation of Adam

* Looking For Eden

* Lanark

* Don John

* Joseph Gordon Levitt

* Fight Club

* Leonard Cohen

* Hallelujah

* The Holy Or the Broken

* Revisionist History

* Simon Cowell

* Gregory Alan Isakov

* Benjamin Francis Leftwich

* blog post about father

* Paste Interview

* Derek Webb

* Agent Eric Smith

* Eric’s podcast episode

* Suggested Reading

* Ember In the Ashes

* My Seventh-Grade Life In Tights

* Brooks Bejamin

* Brooks’s podcast episode

* Wolf Hollow

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In an open and honest conversation, Dave Connis makes a second appearance on the podcast to discuss the making of his album Look For Eden, the soon to be release novel The Temptation of Adam, and having to promote both in the wake of an unforeseen tragedy.

Episode Mentions:

* Dave's 1st podcast appearance

* Temptation of Adam

* Looking For Eden

* Lanark

* Don John

* Joseph Gordon Levitt

* Fight Club

* Leonard Cohen

* Hallelujah

* The Holy Or the Broken

* Revisionist History

* Simon Cowell

* Gregory Alan Isakov

* Benjamin Francis Leftwich

* blog post about father

* Paste Interview

* Derek Webb

* Agent Eric Smith

* Eric's podcast episode

* Suggested Reading

* Ember In the Ashes

* My Seventh-Grade Life In Tights

* Brooks Bejamin

* Brooks's podcast episode

* Wolf Hollow

Debut author S. A. Chakraborty‘s love of books came in the form of historical middle eastern texts and documents she found while studying at the American University of Cairo. Her love the stories and information she gathered led her to express her fondness in the form of a type of magical fan fiction. Her writing would evolve and develop into her book The City of Brass coming out on November 21st.

Episode Mentions:

* American University of Cairo

* Rare Books and Special Collections Library

* The City of Brass

* Abbasid Baghdad

* Reading List on Additional Topics

* #MSWL

* DVpit

* Agent Jennifer Azantian

* Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers’ Group

* Game of Thrones

* A Wrinkle in Time

* The Moor’s Account

Debut author S. A. Chakraborty's love of books came in the form of historical middle eastern texts and documents she found while studying at the American University of Cairo. Her love the stories and information she gathered led her to express her fondness in the form of a type of magical fan fiction. Her writing would evolve and develop into her book The City of Brass coming out on November 21st.

Episode Mentions:

* American University of Cairo

* Rare Books and Special Collections Library

* The City of Brass

* Abbasid Baghdad

* Reading List on Additional Topics

* #MSWL

* DVpit

* Agent Jennifer Azantian

* Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers' Group

* Game of Thrones

* A Wrinkle in Time

* The Moor's Account