Ep 158: Nic Stone

Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of DEAR MARTIN,
talks about her newest young adult novel, ODD ONE OUT, out
October 9! Nic talks about lies of imagination versus lies of
convenience,  “high taste” readers, and the benefits of
eavesdropping.


 


Nic Stone Show Notes


 


Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi


Brandy Colbert (listen to her First Draft interviews here and
here)


Spelman College


“Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors,” a friendship theory
by Rudine Sims Bishop


Christopher Myers and Chris Jackson, publishers of their own
imprints at Random House


Kwame Alexander


Mae Carol Jemison (Astronaut)


The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan


The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan


The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins


Divergent by Veronica Roth (listen to her First Draft interviews
here and here)


Delirium by Lauren Oliver


Requiem by Lauren Oliver


John Green


Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult


Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD. (president of Spellman University)


Sarah Dessen


Rena Rossner (NIc Stone’s agent at The Deborah Harris Agency)


Phoebe Yeh, Nic’s editor


Jordan Davis, a young black man killed in Florida over loud music


Walter Dean Myers


Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel


Ta-Nehisi Coates


The Beauty that Remains by Ashley Woodfolk


Aminah Mae Safi (listen to her First Draft podcast here)


Mindy Kaling