First Draft with Sarah Enni
First Draft Episode #359: Traci Thomas is the creator and host of , a show about books featuring interviews with authors and book lovers. New episodes out every Wednesday! In this episode, we discuss my choice to put First Draft on indefinite hiatus, effective immediately. Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode: Hear Sarah Enni’s episodes of The Stacks, and Thanks for Listening! 🏆 Support the Show Join the First Draft , or make a monthly or one-time donation via or 🤳 Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni in , , or . 📫 Sign up for the to hear about news,...
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First Draft Episode #358: Nina LaCour is the bestselling and Michael L. Printz Award-winning author of five critically acclaimed young adult novels, including: and She joins to talk about her first picture book, , and her debut adult novel, . THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY , the queer YA rom-com by , author of the breakout , available now! Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode: Hear Nina’s previous appearances on First Draft, and ! Hear Sarah Enni on Nina’s podcast, , ! Thanks for Listening! 🏆 Support the Show Join the First Draft , or make a monthly or one-time...
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First Draft Episod #357: Samira Ahmed is the bestselling author of , , , and , as well as a . She joins us to talk about her latest YA contemp, Thanks for Listening! 🏆 Support the Show Join the First Draft , or make a monthly or one-time donation via or 🤳 Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni in , , or . 📫 Sign up for the to hear about news, recommendations, and upcoming events 👕💯 Get ✍️ Learn how the traditional publishing industry works in the Track Changes podcast mini-series. 👍 Rate, Review, and Recommend Take a moment to rate and review First Draft with...
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First Draft Episode #356: Kristin Dwyer is the debut author of YA romance, . THIS EPISODE BROUGHT TO YOU BY… , a crash course in design tailored specifically for authors. Head to to enroll, and use promo code FIRSTDRAFT20 to save $20 off the $79 price through the end of May 2022. Thanks for Listening! 🏆 Support the Show Join the First Draft , or make a monthly or one-time donation via or 🤳 Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni in , , or . 📫 Sign up for the to hear about news, recommendations, and upcoming events 👕💯 Get ✍️ Learn how the traditional publishing...
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First Draft Episode #355: Shannon Hale is the New York Times best-selling author of over thirty children's and young adult books, including graphic novel memoirs , and and multiple award winners , , and Newbery Honor recipient . THIS EPISODE BROUGHT TO YOU BY… , a crash course in design tailored specifically for authors. Head to to enroll, and use promo code FIRSTDRAFT20 to save $20 off the $79 price through the end of May 2022. Thanks for Listening! 🏆 Support the Show Join the First Draft , or make a monthly or one-time donation via or 🤳 Subscribe To First Draft with...
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First Draft Episode #354: Zibby Owens is the founder of the podcast , and new publishing company , as well as author of picture book and forthcoming memoir, . Thanks for Listening! 🏆 Support the Show Join the First Draft , or make a monthly or one-time donation via or 🤳 Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni in , , or . 📫 Sign up for the to hear about news, recommendations, and upcoming events 👕💯 Get ✍️ Learn how the traditional publishing industry works in the Track Changes podcast mini-series. 👍 Rate, Review, and Recommend Take a moment to rate and review...
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First Draft Episode #353: Adrienne Celt is a cartoonist and author of , , as well as cartoon collection, . She joins to talk about her latest, Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode: by Peter Beagle () in Tucson, AZ Immanuel Kant’s , which covers aesthetics and teleology French feminist philosopher Hélène Cixous, author of French philosopher Paul-Michel Foucault, author of , Adrienne’s webcomic , writing center in Chicago by Italo Calvino at Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents Inc., Adrienne’s literary agent (TV show) (movie) (movie) by...
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First Draft Episode #352: Elissa Sussman is the author of adult romance , and YA novels , , and . This episode is brought to you by , the seven-week virtual master class in novel revision led by award-winning author . The Spring 2022 course will run from May 1 to June 23 and enrollment is open now! Learn more at . Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode: Elissa’s previous interviews on First Draft and (with illustrator ) is the co-host of the award-winning podcast , and author of the memoir . She joins to talk about her first novel, . , author of YA novels , and more....
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First Draft Episode #351: Mac Barnett , two-time Caldecott Honor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of picture books like and with illustrator , and the book series with illustrator . Mac joins us to talk about , his new picture book with illustrator (hear . Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode: by Maurice Sendak David Foster Wallace, author of and by Jon Scieszka, illuistrated by Lane Smith Wanda Gág, author of Margaret Wise Brown, author of (hear Mac and other writers talk about Margaret Wise Brown and Goodnight Moon on ) by Gary Larson by Bill...
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First Draft Episode #350: Amanda Oliver former librarian and author of . Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode: , professor at U.C. Riverside’s MFA program and author of , author of , and her debut book about astrology, , by Rebecca Solnit 🎙️ Enjoy this episode? Check out… New York Times bestselling author of National Book Award Finalist , , and co-author with prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of . She joins us to talk about her first work of non-fiction . Hear her . , award-winning author of many novels and nonfiction books for kids and teens, including , ,...
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Jon Scieszka, former National Ambassador for Children’s Literature and New York Times bestselling author best known for picture books with illustrator Lane Smith, including The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Math Curse, and more.
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The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
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Jacqueline Woodson, 2020 MacArthur Genius fellow, National Book Award winner, Newberry, Caldecott, and Coretta Scott King winner, former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Brown Girl Dreaming, Red at the Bone, Another Brooklyn, Before the Ever After and many, many more. She joins us to talk about her picture books with Rafael López, The Day You Begin and The Year We Learned to Fly. Hear her First Draft interview here.
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Dr Seuss, author of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, Green Eggs and Ham and more
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Go, Dog, Go by P.J. Eastman
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Franz Kafka, author of The Metamorphosis, The Trial, The Castle, and more
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Jack London, author of The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and more
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Edgar Allen Poe, author of The Raven, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado, and more
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Jon’s Science Verse
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The Astronuts, Jon’s series with Steven Weinberg
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Jonathan Baumbach, author of The Pavilion of Former Wives, Dreams of Molly and many more
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Thomas Pynchon, author of Gravity’s Rainbow, Inherent Vice, and The Crying of Lot 49
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and more
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Carlos Fuentes, author of Aura, The Death of Artemio Cruz, and more
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Charles McGrath, former editor of The New York Times Book Review and former deputy editor of The New Yorker. He is currently a writer at large for The New York Times
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Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
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Boy: Tales From Childhood and Going Solo are autobiographical books written by Roald Dahl
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Vladimir Nabokov, author of Lolita
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Oliver Jeffers, visual artist, climate activist, and author and/or illustrator of several New York Times bestselling picture books, including The Day the Crayons Quit, How to Catch a Star, The Fate of Fausto, and Here We Are, joins us to talk about his newest picture book, There’s a Ghost In This House. Listen to his First Draft interviews here and here.
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Battle Bunny by Mac Barnett and Jon Scieszka
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Matt de la Peña, author of seven critically acclaimed young adult novels including Mexican Whiteboy and Newbery Medal–winning author of Last Stop on Market Street talks about his newest collaboration with illustrator Christian Robinson, Milo Imagines the World. Listen to his First Draft interview here.
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Adam Rubin, author of Dragons Love Tacos, Those Darn Squirrels, Robo-Sauce and more with Daniel Salmieri
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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (TV show)
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Jon’s autobiography, Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka
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Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood, a memoir by Gary Paulsen, author of Hatchet
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Jon Klassen, Caldecott Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the I Want My Hat Back series, who is back with a book he wrote and illustrated: The Rock From the Sky. Listen to his First Draft episodes here and here.
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The Far Side cartoon by Gary Paulsen
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Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson
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Kate DiCamillo, is one of six people to win two Newbery Medals, for her novels The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses, and author of Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, National Book Award finalist The Tiger Rising, as well as New York Times bestselling novels The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Magician’s Elephant, the Mercy Watson series, and more. DiCamillo was the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature for 2014 and 2015. Her most recent novel, Beverly, Right Here completes the trilogy of Raymie Nightingale and Louisiana’s Way Home.
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Dog Man by Dave Pilkey, author of Captain Underpants
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Shannon Hale, author of Princess Academy, The Goose Girl, Austenland and more
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Adele Griffin, two-time National Book Award honoree and author of almost thirty books for Young Adult and middle grade readers, including The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone, The Becket List, and Sons of Liberty and Where I want to Be. Hear her First Draft interview here.
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Lisa Brown, illustrator of The Phantom Twin, The Airport Book and more
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Katherine Paterson, author of The Bridge to Terabithia, Jacob Have I Loved, and more
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Dave Shannon, author and illustrator of No, David!
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Loren Long, author and illustrator of Otis, Little Tree, and many more
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The Treehouse books (The 13-Story Treehouse all the way to The 143-Story Treehouse) by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
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The Rijksmuseum, the museum that has Rembrandts available online
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Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of critically acclaimed books, including National Book Award finalist Ghost, Newberry and Printz-honored Long Way Down, Coretta Scott King Honoree As Brave as You, and his latest, middle grade Look Both Ways, which was just named to the National Book Award Longlist for Young People’s Literature. Listen to his First Draft interviews here and here.
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Walter Dean Myers, author of Monster, The Glory Field, Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
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Gene Luen Yang, former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and author and illustrator of American Born Chinese
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The Rabbit hOle’s Explor-A-Storium
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The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense by Jon Scieszka and Julia Rothman
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