Nova Ren Suma, New York Times bestselling author of The Walls Around Us, Imaginary Girls, and more, talks about her newest novel, A Room Away From the Wolves, out now! Nova shares what she learned from ghostwriting, talks about finding New York through the myths of her mother, and talks about discovering her strange self.
LINKS AND TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Discovered Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaids Tale, on her mother’s bookshelf when she was very young
Read Fear of Flying by Erica Jong when she was twelve-years old but was too young to understand it
Mary Higgins Clark, author of You Don’t Own Me and I’ve Got My Eyes on You
Antioch College is a university in Ohio where Nova attended for her Undergraduate Degree
While working at Harper Collins, Nova was in charge of slugging the galleys of Feathered by Laura Kasischke, and she began reading it and had an exciting moment in her life where she saw YA in a different way
Francesca Lia Block, author of Weetzie Bat, The Thorn Necklace, and so many more (listen to her First Draft episode here)
Laura Ruby, author of Bone Gap and the York series
Bennett Madison, author of September Girls and the Lulu Dark series
Micol Ostow, author of 30 Guys in 30 days, Amity, Mean Girls and Riverdale: The Day Before
Kate Angelella (editor at Simon and Schuster)
Yaddo (artist’s colony)
Poets & Writers magazine
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