The only thing better than getting to chat with YA icon Libba Bray (author of New York Times best-selling series A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY, Printz award-winner GOING BOVINE, and genuinely terrifying historical paranormal THE DIVINERS, among others) about writing was getting to chat with her about life. Libba is as hilarious as she is wise, and our conversation was so fun, I decided to cut it into two parts rather than leave an hour or more on the cutting-room floor. In this episode, Libba talks about having her rock collection stolen as a kid, that one time Wes Anderson helped stage a play she wrote, and talks about how growing up in Texas set her head at a certain tilt.
Libba Bray Show Notes
Seven Samurai, directed by Akira Kurosawa
CHARLOTTE'S WEB by E.B. White
I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS by Maya Angelou
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS by Ernest Hemingway
THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster
Neil Simon plays
Agent Sarah Burnes
HOW TO SAY GOODBYE IN ROBOT by Natalie Standiford
Fitness Focus Form and Function with Marky Mark
Peter Marks, theater critic of the New York Times and the Washington Post