LA Times Festival of Books, BEA, and BookCon Minisode

More lightning-round interviews with authors at the Los Angeles
Festival of Books, BookExpo America, and BookCon festivals,
including: Brandy Colbert; David Connis; Dhonielle Clayton; E.
Katherine Kottaras; Holly Black; Jennifer E. Smith; Jessica
Morgan; Kiersten White; Karuna Riazi; Laini Taylor; Maggie
Stiefvater; Maurene Goo; Morgan Matson; Nic Stone; Renee Ahdieh;
Robin Benway; Samantha Mabry; Soman Chainani; Susan Dennard;
Victoria Aveyard; and Zan Romanoff.


LATFoB/BEA/BookCon Minisode Show Notes


Brandy Colbert (listen to her First Draft interview here), author
of Pointe and the forthcoming Little and Lion)


The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas


David Connis, author of the forthcoming The Temptation of Adam


 


Dhonielle Clayton, co-author of the Tiny, Pretty Things
series and author of the forthcoming The Belles (listen to her
First Draft interview here, or read the transcript)


E. Katherine Kottaras, author of How to Be Brave and The Best
Possible Answer


The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera (listen to her
First Draft interview here, or read the transcript here)


Holly Black, author of The Coldest Girl in Coldtown and the
forthcoming The Cruel Prince


Jane Yolen, SFF writer


Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love
at First Sight, among many others!, and her newest book,
Windfall, out now! (Her First Draft interview coming soon!)


Little Women by Louisa May Alcott


Jessica Morgan, co-author of Spoiled, Messy, and The Royal We
(Listen to her First Draft interview [with co-writer Heather
Cocks] here)


Kiersten White, author of the And I Darken series and the
forthcoming middle grade Beanstalker and Other Hilarious
Scarytales (and so much more) (listen to her First Draft podcast
here)


Karuna Riazi, author of The Gauntlet


Ellen Oh, author of The Dragon King chronicles and the
forthcoming Spirit Hunters (listen to her First Draft podcast
here)


Laini Taylor, author of Strange the Dreamer and the Daughter of
Smoke and Bone series (among other things!)


Maggie Stiefvater, author of the forthcoming All The Crooked
Saints, the Raven Boys series, Scorpio Races, and more


Jonathan Strange and Mr. Morrell by Susanna Clarke


Michael Chabon


Maurene Goo, author of Since You Asked and the recently-released
I Believe in a Thing Called Love (listen to her First Draft
interviews here and here!)


Morgan Matson, author of Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, Since
You've Been Gone, and The Unexpected Everything (listen to her
First Draft interview here)


Nic Stone, author of Dear Martin


Renee Ahdieh, author of The Wrath and the Dawn and her newest
book, Flame in the Mist (listen to her First Draft interview
here)


Flyleaf Books 


Quail Ridge Books


Books of Wonder


McNally Jackson


Parnassus Books


Red Balloon Bookshop


Robin Benway, author of Audrey, Wait!, Emmy and Oliver, and the
forthcoming Far From the Tree (listen to her First Draft podcast
here)


Emery Lord and her first book, Open Road Summer


Samantha Mabry, author of A Fierce and Subtle Poison and the
forthcoming All the Wind in the World (listen to her First Draft
podcast here)


Soman Chainani, author of The School for Good or Evil series


Susan Dennard, author of the Something Strange and Deadly series,
the Witchland series, and contributor to the forthcoming Because
You Love to Hate Me anthology


Jurassic Park (movie) (and book by Michael Crichton)


Victoria Aveyard, author of the Red Queen series (listen to her
First Draft interview here)


Kaz and Inej from Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows and Crooked
Kingdom series


Zan Romanoff, author of A Song to Take the World Apart and Grace
and the Fever (listen to her First Draft interview here, or read
the transcript here)


Battlestar Galactica (TV show)


Julie Buxbaum, author of Tell Me Three Things, and the
forthcoming What to Say Next (listen to her First Draft interview
here)