A lovely conversation with Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, The Geography of You and Me, and Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between, and her most recent novel, Windfall. She talks about the teacher who made all the difference, and some key questions, like: are we all always writing the same story? And can you be an optimist and believe in fate?
Jennifer E Smith Show Notes
The Babysitters’ Club by Ann M. Martin
Saddle Club by Bonnie Bryant
Black Stallion by Walter Farley
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Amanda "Blinky" Urban at ICM (agent)
The Keep by Jennifer Eagan
The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford
Jennifer Joel (Jenn’s agent)
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Emily Meehan (editor)
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
The Privileges by Jonathan Dee
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Maurene Goo (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here)
Sliding Doors (movie)
Julie Buxbaum (listen to her First Draft interview here)