First Draft Episode #173: Roshani Chokshi
Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of THE STAR-TOUCHED QUEEN, CROWN OF WISHES, and the ARU SHAH series talks about the first book in her latest young adult series, THE GILDED WOLVES, out January 15. She talks about connecting to her history through fairy tales, how being voted most likely to succeed caused a lot of angst, and the pressure of picking an AIM away message.
LINKS AND TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, was a classic that her father recited to her
Jhumpa Lahiri, author of Namesake and Interpreter of Maladies
Lyrics from AFI (band), Thursday (band), Deftones (band) were her AIM away message
The Harry Potter series by author J.K. Rowling
Sailor Moon (cartoon)
Christiane Amanpour (TV broadcast journalism)
His Girl Friday (movie)
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (book)
The Young Elites by Marie Lu (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here)
Rick Riordan, New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series
His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
Stormrunner by New York Times bestselling author J. C. Cervantes
Stephanie Lurie, Editorial Director, Rick Riordan Presents (Disney-Hyperion)
Claire Legrand, New York Times bestselling author of the Empirium trilogy (listen to her First Draft interview here)
National Treasure (movie) which helped inspire The Gilded Wolves
Lara Croft (video game character)
“Venus in Furs” a song by The Velvet Underground
Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Folk of Air series and The Magisterium series (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Radiance and Deathless by Catherynne Valente
Tomb Raider (movie), The Librarian (movie), The Mummy (movie) are ensemble cast treasure hunter movies she loves
Dan Brown, author of The DiVinci Code
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