In today's Express Yourself!™ our hosts, Youngjoo Ahn and Katelyn Darrow interview two award winning authors, Soman Chainani and Joanne Rocklin of young adult fiction. In our first segment, Youngjoo shares her childhood favorite books and characters. Soman Chainani is a graduate of the MFA Film Program at Columbia University, and the recipient of the school's top prize, the FMI Fellowship. His films have played over 150 international film festivals, won over 30 jury and audience awards, racked up over 1,000,000 YouTube hits, and secured distribution in over 100 territories. In addition, his writing awards include honors from Sun Valley Writer's Fellowship, and the coveted $100,000 Shasha Grant, awarded by a jury of international film executives. His first book in his epic fantasy series is The School for Good and Evil.Joanne Rocklin is the author of many middle grade novels, including the award-winning One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street.