The Four Step Plan With Kerry Winfrey

First Draft Episode #316: Kerry Winfrey

Kerry Winfrey, author of romantic comedies Waiting For Tom Hanks,
Not Like the Movies, and her newest, Very Sincerely Yours. She is
also the author of YA novels Love and Other Alien Experiences and
Things Jolie Needs to Do Before She Bites It.


Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:




Superfudge by Judy Blume




The Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop




George Saunders, author of Tenth of December: Stories,
Lincoln in the Bardo, and A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In
Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading,
and Life, and many more short stories and collections.




Lorrie Moore, author of Birds of America, Who Will Run the
Frog Hospital?, and many more short stories and collections.




Marla Frazee is the two-time Caldecott Honor-winning author
and illustrator of The Boss Baby, A Couple of Boys Have the
Best Week Ever, All the World, and many more. She joins us to
talk about the Farmer series: The Farmer and the Clown, The
Farmer and the Monkey, and The Farmer and the Circus, out
now.




Kerry’s writing for HelloGiggles




Year of Romantic Comedies




Kerry’s review of You’ve Got Mail for Year of RomComs




John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of many
young adult novels, including The Fault in Our Stars and
Printz-winning Looking For Alaska, joins to discuss his new
essay collection, The Anthropocene Reviewed. He is also one
half of the vlogbrothers on YouTube and co-creator of
educational series Crash Course. Listen to his First Draft
interview here.




Harvey (movie)




Playing House (TV show) features one of Kerry’s favorite
romantic leading men performances from Keegan Michael-Key.
She wrote about his performance here. I spoke with Lennon
Parham and Jessica St. Clair, comedians, actors, and
screenwriters behind Playing House, in this interview.




Angela Velez, author of the forthcoming Lulu and Milagro’s
Search for Clarity.




Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author of
romance novels The Wedding Date, The Wedding Party, While We
Were Dating, Party of Two, and The Proposal. Hear her First
Draft interview here.




Trainwreck (movie)




Christian Robinson, illustrator of Caldecott Honor, a Coretta
Scott King Illustrator Honor, and the Newbery Medal-winning
and #1 New York Times bestseller Last Stop on Market Street,
written by Matt de la Peña (listen to his First Draft
interview here), and the #1 New York Times bestseller The
Bench, written by Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex. His solo
projects include Another and You Matter.




Carson Ellis, author and illustrator of Caldecott Honor book
Du Iz Tak?, as well as Home, In the Half Room, and many more.
Hear her First Draft interview here.




Mac Barnett, two-time Caldecott Honor-winning author of Extra
Yarn and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, both illustrated by Jon
Klassen (listen to his First Draft interviews here and here)
and dozens more children’s books, including the Kid Spy
series (illustrated by Mike Lowery), CIrcle (also illustrated
by Jon Klassen), and the Jack books (illustrated by Greg
Pizzoli).




Twister (movie)




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Casey McQuiston, New York
Times bestselling author of Red, White, and Royal Blue and
One Last Stop. Listen to their First Draft interview here.




Nicola Yoon, #1 New York
Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything, The Sun
Is Also a Starand Instructions For Dancing, and co-publisher
of Joy Revolution, a Random House young adult imprint
dedicated to love stories starring people of color. Listen to
her First Draft interview here.




Rebecca Serle, television
writer, producer, and New York Times bestselling author of
six books, including When You Were Mine , The Edge of
Falling, The Dinner List, and her newest, In Five Years.
Listen to her First Draft interview here.




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