Popcorn Origin Stories With Ally Carter

First Draft Episode #258: Ally Carter

Ally Carter, New York Times bestselling author of the Gallagher
Girls series, the Heist Society series, the Embassy Row series,
Not If I Save You First, Dear Ally: How Do You Write a Book?, and
a new middle grade series that kicks off with Winterborne Home
for Vengeance and Valor.


Today’s episode is brought to you by Hank Green’s A Beautifully
Foolish Endeavor, out July 7, the sequel and conclusion to
Green’s debut novel, the New York Times bestselling An Absolutely
Remarkable Thing.


Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode




Screenplay by Syd Field




The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton




The Romance Writers of America (RWA)




Ally’s agent is Kristin Nelson of the Nelson Literary Agency
(who appeared on the Bonus Episode of Track Changes about
Publishing During the Time of COVID)




The Earth, My Butt, and Other Round Things by Carolyn Mackler




Sarah Rees Brennan, author of Unspoken, The Demon’s Lexicon,
and more




Gordon Korman, author of Schooled, Ungifted, Swindle, and
more




Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries, Size 12 is Not
Fat, Shadowland, and more




Leigh Bardugo, author of Shadow and Bone, Six of Crows, and
Ninth House (listen to her First Draft interviews here, here,
and here)




Holly Black, author of The Cruel Prince, Tithe: A Modern
Fairytale, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The Spiderwick
Chronicles, and more (listen to her First Draft interview
here)




Janet Evanovich, author of the One For the Money series




Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and The Heroes of
Olympus series, The Kane Chronicles, and more




Karen McManus, author of One of Us Is Lying




Sarah MacLean, author of A Rogue by Any Other Name, Nine
Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, and more (also host of
the podcast Fated Mates)




I want to hear from you!


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