Justin Reynolds, author of The Opposite of Always, talks about his new young adult contemporary novel, Early Departures.
This episode is brought to you by Everything I Thought I Knew, by Shannon Takoaka, out from Candlewick Press October 13, 2020.
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- Hear Justin’s mailbag episode of First Draft here
- Hear Justin on the live episode recorded at YAhooFest 2019, along with Rick Yancey, New York Times bestselling author of the Fifth Wave series, the Monstrumologist series, and more; Cindy Pon, Want and its sequel Ruse, the Silver Phoenix series and more.
- John Grisham, author of The Firm, Camino Winds and many more
- Michael Crichton, author of Sphere, Jurassic Park, and many more
- How Should a Person Be by Sheila Heti
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