First Draft Episode #176: Susan Dennard
Susan Dennard is the New York Times bestselling author of the Something Strange and Deadly series and The Witchlands series. Her newest novel in that series, Bloodwitch, is out February 12.
LINKS AND TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Susan read Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander in the 6th grade and thinking “I can do this!”
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (hear her First Draft interviews here and here)
Paul Scheer, host of the podcast How Did This Get Made
Joanna Volpe is Susan’s literary agent at New Leaf Literary
Harper Collins, was her first publisher and they repackaged her Something Strange and Deadly series
Tor, bought her next series after requesting she make it YA
Susan grew up reading Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and books by Anne McCaffrey which influenced the way that she world builds
Misfits & Daydreamers (Susan’s newsletter) and her writing about writing and life
The Four Tendencies and The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Alexandra Bracken, New York Times bestselling author of The Darkest Minds series and Passenger series
Pitches her Witchlanders series as “a love letter to Avatar: The Last Airbender and Assassin’s Creed”
The FRIENDS episode where Joey and Phoebe try to find a truly selfless act
Susan is on the board of National Novel Writing Month
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