Lamar Giles, author of the acclaimed novels Fake ID, Endangered, Overturned, Spin, Not So Pure and Simple. He joins us to talk about his middle-grade series The Last Last-Day-of-Summer, Last Chance for Logan County, and and The Last Mirror on the Left.
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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:
- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman
- The Bunnicula series by James Howe and Deborah Howe
- Misery and It by Stephen King
- Danielle Steele, author of The Butler, Flying Angels, Complications, and more.
- The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- Unwind by Neal Shusterman
- Reality Check by Peter Abrahams
- Fallen Angels by Walter D
- WitSec: Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program by Pete Earley
- Dennis Lahane, author of Shutter Island, Mystic River, A Drink Before the War and many more
- Phoebe Yeh, v-p, publisher, Crown Books for Young Readers
- Ellen Oh, author of Finding Junie Kim, Spirit Hunters, and The Dragon Egg Princess (Hear her First Draft interview here)
- Kwame Alexander, Newberry-winning author of The Crossover and publisher of the Versify imprint
- We Need Diverse Books
- Jody Corbett, Senior Editor at Scholastic
- Dapo Adeola illiustrated The Last Last-Day-of-Summer and Last Chance for Logan County
- Derick Brooks illustrated Lamar’s most recent middle-grade book, The Last Mirror on the Left
- Duck Tales (TV show)
- Joy Revolution, the imprint started by bestselling writers Nicola Yoon (#1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star talks about her new YA, Instructions For Dancing - hear her First Draft interviews here and here) and David Yoon, author of Frankly in Love, Super Fake Love Song, and Version Zero (hear his First Draft interview here)
- Steven Barnes, New York Times bestselling fantasy and sci-fi writer and screenwriter
- Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451
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