Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of DEAR MARTIN, talks about her newest young adult novel, ODD ONE OUT, out October 9! Nic talks about lies of imagination versus lies of convenience, “high taste” readers, and the benefits of eavesdropping.
Nic Stone Show Notes
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
Brandy Colbert (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here)
“Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors,” a friendship theory by Rudine Sims Bishop
Christopher Myers and Chris Jackson, publishers of their own imprints at Random House
Mae Carol Jemison (Astronaut)
The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Divergent by Veronica Roth (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here)
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD. (president of Spellman University)
Rena Rossner (NIc Stone’s agent at The Deborah Harris Agency)
Phoebe Yeh, Nic’s editor
Jordan Davis, a young black man killed in Florida over loud music
The Beauty that Remains by Ashley Woodfolk
Aminah Mae Safi (listen to her First Draft podcast here)