The Power in Creating Reality With David Levithan

First Draft Episode #281: David Levithan

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


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Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode




The Babysitters Club series by Anne M. Martin




David launched PUSH, the Scholastic imprint still there today




Jean Feiwel, Senior Vice President and Publisher, Feiwel
& Friends, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Swoon
Reads, Square Fish




Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky




Dan Ehrenhaft, author of The Last Dog on Earth, Friend is Not
a Verb, and That’s Life, Samara Brooks




Sarah Mlynowski, author of Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little
Canoe, I See London, I See France, and co-author of
Upside-Down Magic




The New York City Teen Author Festival




Nancy Garden, author of Annie on My Mind, The Year They
Burned the Books, and Endgame.




Francesca Lia Block, Francesca Lia Block, author of more than
25 books, including seminal YA novel WEETZIE BAT, talks about
her most recent book, THE THORN NECKLACE, a memoir-driven
guide to healing through the craft of writing. (listen to her
First Draft interview here)




Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award and Newberry Honor
winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming, Another Brooklyn,
Miracle’s Boys and many more




Brent Hartinger’s Geography Club




Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson, New York Times
bestselling author of of several YA novels, including 13
Little Blue Envelopes, Suite Scarlett, The Name of the Star,
and Truly Devious: A Mystery. She has also done collaborative
works, such as Let It Snow (with John Green and Lauren
Myracle), and The Bane Chronicles (with Cassandra Clare and
Sarah Rees Brennan). (Listen to my interview with Maureen
Johnson here)




Lauren Myracle’s Kissing Kate




Alex Sanchez’s The Rainbow Boys series




Sara Ryan’s Empress of the World




David edits Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games




David edits Garth Nix, author of the Sabriel series, Angel
Mage, and many more




Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (movie)




Bill Clegg, a literary agent formerly with WME and now at The
Clegg Agency




Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn




Will Grayson, Will Grayson which David co-wrote with John
Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Looking For
Alaska




You Know Me Well with Nina LaCour (listen to her First Draft
episodes here and here)




Maggie Stiefvater, author of the The Raven Boys series,
Shiver, and The Scorpio Races




Alex Gino’s Stonewall Award-winning George




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