Brock Shelley

Debut author Lora Beth Johnson comes on this week to talk about her path to publishing GODDESS IN THE MACHINE.

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Lori M. Lee visits the podcast to talk folk tales, fan fiction, and her newest YA fantasy, FOREST OF SOULS.

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Episode Mentions:

• The Hobbit
• A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
• R.L. Stine
• The Giver
• Naruto
• Sarah Rees Brennan
• LiveJournal
• NaNoWriMo
• The Modern Faerie Tales
• Suzie Townsend
• Janet Reid
• Gates of Thread & Stone
• Forest of Souls
• The Lord of the Rings
• Song of Ice & Fire
• Winter of the Witch

Bestselling author E. Lockhart is here on the podcast as we take a deep dive (with NO spoilers) into her latest book AGAIN AGAIN.

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Author Bethany C. Morrow talks about writing for publication and her YA debut A SONG BELOW WATER, out now from Tor Teen.

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• The Alex Series
• Book-It
• Amen
• 227
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Star Trek: Voyager

Debut author Leah Johnson joins the podcast to talk her new book YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN out June 2nd from Scholastic.

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The Bluford Series

Kelly Loy Gilbert’s Episode (67)

Kelly Yang, best selling author of the MG novel FRONT DESK, is on this podcast to tell us about here YA debut PARACHUTES.

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The Kelly Yang Project

Debut author Adiba Jaigirbar joins us from Dublin, Ireland to tell us all about her new YA book, THE HENNA WARS.

Episode Mentions:

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• Noughts & Crosses
• Ladybird Readers
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• Amitav Ghosh
• DVPit
• The Henna Wars
• Uwe Stender
• Sarah Maria Griffin
• Deirdre Sullivan
• Patrick Ness
• E Lockard
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
• The Lord of the Rings
• Late to the Party
  • Kelly Quindlen‘s Episode

National Book Award winner & best-selling author Elizabeth Acevedo is on the podcast to talk about dealing with the success of The Poet X, audio books, and her newest book CLAP WHEN YOU LAND.

Episode Mentions:

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• Because of Winn-Dixie
• Miracle Boy
• Speak
• Nas
• Eve
• Tupac
• Lauryn Hill
• Ellen Hopkins
• The House on Mango Street
• Woman Hollering Creek
• The Poet X
• With the Fire on High
• Clap When You Land
• American Airlines Flight 587
• A Phoenix First Must Burn
• Like Water For Chocolate
• Death Below Stairs
• Heads of the Color People

Author Jamie Pacton is on this week’s podcast to talk about her journey to be published and her debut THE LIFE AND (MEDIEVAL) TIMES OF KIT SWEETLY.

Episode Mentions:

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• Nancy Drew
• The Westing Game
• Jasper Fforde
• Love in the Time of Cholera
• Angie Thomas
• Lizzy Mason
• The Hunger Games
• Brittany Cavallaro
• Forever
• The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly
• Farfetched
• Lucky Girl
• The Lord of the Rings
• Bridget Jones’ Diary
• The Raven Boys Cycle
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Today Tonight Tomorrow
  • Rachel Lynn Solomon’s Episode
• Seven Blades in Black
• The City of Brass
  • S.A. Chakraborty’s Episode

Author Kelly Quindlen comes on the podcast to talk about writing fan fiction, self-publishing her first novel, and her newest book LATE TO THE PARTY.

EPISODE MENTIONS:

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• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Cameron Garrett’s episode (152)
• Walk Two Moons
• Malinda Lo’s episode (135)
• Glee
• Her Name in the Sky
• Late to the Party
• A Little Princess
• The Last True Poets of the Sea