Hierarchies of Value With David Arnold

First Draft Episode #296: David Arnold

David Arnold is the New York Times bestselling author of
Mosquitoland, Kids of Appetite, and The Strange Fascinations of
Noah Hypnotik, talks about his latest genre-bending YA sci-fi,
The Electric Kingdom, out now!


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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:




The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon




Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton




The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein




LOST (TV show)




X-Files (TV show)




Sphere by Michael Crichton




Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators




Courtney C. Stevens, author of Faking Normal, Dress Codes for
Small Towns, and more. Listen to her First Draft interview
here.




Ruta Sepetys, #1 New York Times bestselling and
Carnegie-winning author of Between Shades of Gray, Out of the
Easy, and Salt to the Sea. She talked about her newest novel,
Fountains of Silence, in a recent First Draft interview.




Hootie and the Blowfish (band)




Alanis Morissette (musician)




Elliott Smith (musician)




Switched on Pop, a podcast about the making and meaning of
popular music hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan and
songwriter Charlie Harding and produced by Vulture




“The Culture Warped Pop, For Good,” by Nate Sloan and Charlie
Harding in The New York Times




Director and screenwriter Michel Gondry




Arrival (movie)




Eric Heisserer (screenwriter of Arrival)




Ted Chiang, author of short story collections including
Exhalation and Stories of Your Life and Others, which
includes Story of Your Life, the basis for the film Arrival




Jóhann Jóhannsson (score for Arrival)




Hildur Guonadóttir (musician)




Slow Meadow (band)




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Anna Carey, author of the
speculative/genre-bending This is Not The Jess Show and of
The Eve Trilogy (Eve, Once, Rise) and the Blackbird series
(Blackbird, Deadfall).




David Levithan, editorial
director at Scholastic and the author of many young adult
novels, including Boy Meets Boy, and speculative fiction
juggernaut Every Day, and co-author with Rachel Cohn of Nick
and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and Dash and Lily’s Book of
Dares.




Justin Reynolds, author of
character-driven stories with speculative twists, The
Opposite of Always and Early Departures.




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