Listen to YA superstar Sara Zarr (whose newest novel, GEM & DIXIE, is out now!) talk about the first time she encountered “smart” as an epithet, getting career advice from Chris Crutcher, and very nearly giving up on writing altogether.
Sara Zarr Show Notes
This Creative Life, Sara’s podcast series
Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
We Need Diverse Books internship program
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
This Creative Life with Scott Derrickson
This Creative Life with Gayle Forman
This Creative Life with Sarah Dessen
Kevin Bacon (actor)
A Simple Plan (movie)
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson