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