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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
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
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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