First Draft Episode #337: Lamar Giles

Lamar Giles, author of the acclaimed novels Fake ID, Endangered, Overturned, Spin, Not So Pure and Simple. He joins us to talk about his middle-grade series The Last Last-Day-of-Summer, Last Chance for Logan County, and and The Last Mirror on the Left.

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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman

• The Bunnicula series by James Howe and Deborah Howe

• Misery and It by Stephen King

• Danielle Steele, author of The Butler, Flying Angels, Complications, and more.

• The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds

• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

• Unwind by Neal Shusterman

• Reality Check by Peter Abrahams

• Fallen Angels by Walter D

• WitSec: Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program by Pete Earley

• Dennis Lahane, author of Shutter Island, Mystic River, A Drink Before the War and many more

• Phoebe Yeh, v-p, publisher, Crown Books for Young Readers

• Ellen Oh, author of Finding Junie Kim, Spirit Hunters, and The Dragon Egg Princess (Hear her First Draft interview here)

• Kwame Alexander, Newberry-winning author of The Crossover and publisher of the Versify imprint

• We Need Diverse Books

• Jody Corbett, Senior Editor at Scholastic

• Dapo Adeola illiustrated The Last Last-Day-of-Summer and Last Chance for Logan County

• Derick Brooks illustrated Lamar's most recent middle-grade book, The Last Mirror on the Left

• Duck Tales (TV show)

• Joy Revolution, the imprint started by bestselling writers Nicola Yoon (#1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star talks about her new YA, Instructions For Dancing - hear her First Draft interviews here and here) and David Yoon, author of Frankly in Love, Super Fake Love Song, and Version Zero (hear his First Draft interview here)

• Steven Barnes, New York Times bestselling fantasy and sci-fi writer and screenwriter

• Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451

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