Genres of Hustle With Dylan Meconis

First Draft Episode #283: Dylan Meconis

Dylan Meconis, cartoonist and writer, talks about her middle
grade graphic novel Queen of the Sea. Its sequel, Prince of the
City, will be out in 2022!


This episode is sponsored by Revision Season, the seven-week,
virtual master class in novel revision led by award-winning
author Elana K. Arnold. The Winter 2021 session runs January 17 –
March 4, with Week Zero work arriving January 10. Check out more
details about Revision Season and sign up or Apply for 5
scholarships being offered through We need Diverse Books at
www.elanakarnold.com.


Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode




Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice




A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens




Raina Telgemeier is the #1 New York Times bestselling,
multiple Eisner Award-winning creator of graphic memoirs
Smile and Sisters, and the creator of Drama, which was named
a Stonewall Honor Book, as well as Ghost.




Vera Brosgol is an Eisner Award and Harvey Award winning
cartoonist, and Caldecott Honor winner for Leave Me Alone!
and the graphic memoir Be Prepared.




Jen Wang, Eisner Award-winning author and illustrator of The
Prince and the Dressmaker, In Real Life, and Koko Be Good
stops by to talk about her new middle grade graphic novel,
Stargazing. Listen to her First Draft episode here.




Terry Jones’s Medieval Lives (the book) and Medieval Lives
(the TV show) by Terry Jones, a former member of Monty Python




Karen Cushman is the Newbery Award-winning children's book
author of The Midwife's Apprentice, Catherine Called Birdy,
and The Loud Silence of Francine Green.




Monica Furlong was a British author, journalist, and
activist, and author of award-winning novels Juniper and Wise
Child.




Susan Cooper is best known for her acclaimed five-book
fantasy sequence The Dark is Rising, which won a Newbery
Medal, a Newbery Honor Award, and two Carnegie Honor Awards.
Her picture book The Shortest Day WAS illustrated by Carson
Ellis, author and illustrator of bestselling picture books
Home and Caldecott Honor book Du Iz Tak?, talks about her
newest picture book, In the Half Room. (Listen to Carson’s
episode of First Draft here.)




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