What Book Hooked You?

Katherine Locke‘s debut YA release The Girl with the Red Balloon comes out on September 1st from Albert Whitman & Co. Listen in as Katherine and Brock talk about the many books that inspired her.

Episode Mentions:

* A Wrinkle In Time

* A Wind in the Door

* A Swiftly Tilting Planet

* An Acceptable Time

* Many Waters

* Laura Ingalls Wilder

* Nancy Drew

* A Bridge to Terabithia

* Song of the Lioness Quartet

* Heart of Darkness

* Wheel of Time

* Dune

* Absolute Write

* Divergent

* The Girl with the Red Balloon

* Second Position

* Under the Never Sky

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Katherine Locke's debut YA release The Girl with the Red Balloon comes out on September 1st from Albert Whitman & Co. Listen in as Katherine and Brock talk about the many books that inspired her.

Episode Mentions:

* A Wrinkle In Time

* A Wind in the Door

* A Swiftly Tilting Planet

* An Acceptable Time

* Many Waters

* Laura Ingalls Wilder

* Nancy Drew

* A Bridge to Terabithia

* Song of the Lioness Quartet

* Heart of Darkness

* Wheel of Time

* Dune

* Absolute Write

* Divergent

* The Girl with the Red Balloon

* Second Position

* Under the Never Sky

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Author Meg Kassel‘s first attempt at novel length writing came during a rainy summer in Maine. From there dedicated herself to improving as a writer and after several attempts & obstacles she succeed with her debut Black Bird of the Gallows.

Episode Mentions:

* Beauty

* Christopher Pike

* Island of the Blue Dolphins

* Stephen King

* Dean Koontz

* Scary Stories You Tell In the Dark

* The Hobbit

* Neil Giaman

* RWA

* Egmont Publishing

* Entangled Teen

* Black Bird of the Gallows

* Mothman Myth

* The Mothman Prophecies

* The Keeper of Bees

* Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince

* Catcher in the Rye

* American Gods

host: Brock Shelley

Author Meg Kassel's first attempt at novel length writing came during a rainy summer in Maine. From there dedicated herself to improving as a writer and after several attempts & obstacles she succeed with her debut Black Bird of the Gallows.

Episode Mentions:

* Beauty

* Christopher Pike

* Island of the Blue Dolphins

* Stephen King

* Dean Koontz

* Scary Stories You Tell In the Dark

* The Hobbit

* Neil Giaman

* RWA

* Egmont Publishing

* Entangled Teen

* Black Bird of the Gallows

* Mothman Myth

* The Mothman Prophecies

* The Keeper of Bees

* Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince

* Catcher in the Rye

* American Gods

host: Brock Shelley

UK Author Rebecca Barrow‘s debut YA novel You Don’t Know Me But I Know You is coming out in the US on August 29th from Harper Teen. In this episode Rebecca talks about the persistence she had in her journey as a writer.

Episode Mentions:

* Enid Blyton

* Jacqueline Wilson

* Malorie Blackman

* Naughts & Crosses

* Christopher Pike

* Point Horror

* Stravaganza

* Gossip Girl

* 1984

* You Don’t Know Me But I Know You

* Arrival

* Alias Grace

* The Handmaid’s Tale

* You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone

host: Brock Shelley

UK Author Rebecca Barrow's debut YA novel You Don't Know Me But I Know You is coming out in the US on August 29th from Harper Teen. In this episode Rebecca talks about the persistence she had in her journey as a writer.

Episode Mentions:

* Enid Blyton

* Jacqueline Wilson

* Malorie Blackman

* Naughts & Crosses

* Christopher Pike

* Point Horror

* Stravaganza

* Gossip Girl

* 1984

* You Don't Know Me But I Know You

* Arrival

* Alias Grace

* The Handmaid's Tale

* You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone

host: Brock Shelley

When middle grade author Dan Gemeinhart was a child he ended up moving a lot, going from school to school. However, where ever we went next he knew the books he loves would be in the new school’s library. This started him on a life long love of books that led him to creating his own stories.

Episode Mentions:

* Hatchet

* The Hardy Boys

* The Chronicles of Narnia

* Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

* Trumpet of the Swan

* Summer of My German Soldier

* The Honest Truth

* Scar Island

* Some Kind of Courage

* Good Dog

* Harry Potter

* The Book Thief

* The Bridge to Terabithia

* Ghost

* Refugee

* Midnight Without A Moon

* Stef Soto, Taco Queen

* Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

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When middle grade author Dan Gemeinhart was a child he ended up moving a lot, going from school to school. However, where ever we went next he knew the books he loves would be in the new school's library. This started him on a life long love of books that led him to creating his own stories.

Episode Mentions:

* Hatchet

* The Hardy Boys

* The Chronicles of Narnia

* Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

* Trumpet of the Swan

* Summer of My German Soldier

* The Honest Truth

* Scar Island

* Some Kind of Courage

* Good Dog

* Harry Potter

* The Book Thief

* The Bridge to Terabithia

* Ghost

* Refugee

* Midnight Without A Moon

* Stef Soto, Taco Queen

* Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

Author Stephanie Oakes second book The Arsonist from Dial/Penguin comes out on August 22nd. Hear what books inspired her as both a reader & writer and what life was like have her debut release, The Scared Lies of Minnow Bly.

Episode Mentions:

* Harry Potter

* Atonement

* Tess of the d’Urbervilles

* Into the Wild

* Harriet the Spy

* Nancy Drew

* Everything is Illuminated

* Goose Girl

* The Handless Maiden

* The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

* The Arsonist

* Hunger Games

* Pride & Prejudice

* Dante’s Inferno

* Infinite Jest

* Raven Cycle

* Scorpio Races

* Hello, Universe

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Author Stephanie Oakes second book The Arsonist from Dial/Penguin comes out on August 22nd. Hear what books inspired her as both a reader & writer and what life was like have her debut release, The Scared Lies of Minnow Bly.

Episode Mentions:

* Harry Potter

* Atonement

* Tess of the d'Urbervilles

* Into the Wild

* Harriet the Spy

* Nancy Drew

* Everything is Illuminated

* Goose Girl

* The Handless Maiden

* The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

* The Arsonist

* Hunger Games

* Pride & Prejudice

* Dante's Inferno

* Infinite Jest

* Raven Cycle

* Scorpio Races

* Hello,