Keep You For You With Nicola Yoon

First Draft Episode #306: Nicola Yoon

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, and co-founding Joy Revolution, a
Random House young adult imprint dedicated to love stories
starring people of color.


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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:




Nicola’s first First Draft interview here




Jodi Reamer, agent at Writer’s House who now represents
NIcola and David




Big (movie)




Before Sunrise (movie)




Barbara Marcus, head of Random House Children’s Books




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David Yoon, author of
Frankly in Love, Super Fake Love Song, and Version Zero.




Adam Silvera, #1 New York
Times bestselling author of Infinity Reaper, Infinity Son,
They Both Die at the End, More Happy Than Not, History Is All
You Left Me, and What If It's Us with Becky Albertalli (hear
her First Draft interviews here and here).




Tahereh Mafi, New York
Times bestselling and National Book Award nominated author of
the Shatter Me YA fantasy series, YA contemps An Emotion of
Great Delight and A Very Large Expanse of Sea, middle grade
books Furthermore and Whichwood. Hear her First Draft
interviews here and here.




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