First Draft Episode #158: NIC STONE
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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.
LINKS AND TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Nic and her brother were obsessed with the Harry Potter books when they were children
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi, about a middle grade girl who gets caught in a big lie which pulled from Roshani’s childhood (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Brandy Colbert, author of Little And Lion and The Revolution of Birdie Randolph (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here)
Nic Stone graduated from Spelman College, where she got to step into an environment where she felt she belonged
“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, author of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky just announced his own imprint Verisfy at HMH Books
Mae Carol Jemison (Astronaut)
The Percy Jackson series and The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
Christine in Divergent by Veronica Roth was the first time Nic saw a black character who lived through the entire series (listen to her First Draft podcasts here and here)
The Delirium trilogy by Lauren Oliver, prose was like bathing in word magic
John Green’s works inspired her to get into contemporary writing
Jodi Picoult came to Spelman college to meet Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD. (president of Spellman University) and promote her book Small Great Things
Sarah Dessen, author of Once and for All, Just Listen, The Truth About Forever (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Rena Rossner (Nic Stone’s agent at The Deborah Harris Agency)
Phoebe Yeh, Nic’s editor, said she loved Nic’s writing voice
Put together a 13 page proposal inspired by the story of Jordan Davis, a young black man killed in Florida over loud music, which then became Dear Martin
Walter Dean Myers, author of Monster and Fallen Angels
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel, activist and author of Night
Ta-Nehisi Coates author of Between the World and Me and Black Panther (comics)
Aminah Mae Safi, author of Not the Girls You’re Looking For (listen to her First Draft podcast here)
Mindy Kaling, actress and author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
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