A Perversity of Spirit With Rufi Thorpe

First Draft Episode #250: Rufi Thorpe

Rufi Thorpe, author of The Girls from Corona del Mar and Dear
Fang: With Love, talks about her new novel, The Knockout Queen.


This episode was sponsored by HIGHLAND 2, a better way to write,
and by We Didn’t Ask For This, the newest novel by Adi Alsaid,
out from Inkyard Press April 7 (listen to his First Draft
interview here).


Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode




“Perversity of Spirit,” Rufi’s essay about what it takes to
be a writer in Poets&Writers




California State Summer School for the Arts




Philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch was an inspiration for
Rufi




The author, poet, and screenwriter Raymond Obstfeld taught a
community college class that really broke fiction open for
Rufi




Molly Friedrich, literary agent at XXX, who represents Rufi




Clueless (movie)




The O.C.




Zan Romanoff discussing her most recent novel Look on First
Draft




“If You've Ever Felt Insecure About Your Looks, Author Rufi
Thorpe Has Some Important Advice” by Rufi in PopSugar




RuPaul’s Drag Race




Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie)




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