First Draft Episode #182: Lilliam Rivera
Lilliam Rivera, author of The Education Of Margot Sanchez, is back with Dealing In Dreams, out now! She talks about writing a Latinx future, entering a room with hope, and getting to meet Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
LINKS AND TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Lilliam’s first interview on First Draft here
Ingrid Rojas Contreras, author of Fruit Of The Drunken Tree
Amerie, editor of the Because You Love to Hate Me anthology and she recently released two albums, 4 AM MULHOLLAND and AFTER 4 AM
Zareen Jaffrey, executive editor at Simon & Schuster, who has edited Jenny Han, author of the New York Times bestselling To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series (listen to her First Draft episode here)
Anderson Cooper, journalist, television personality, CNN host and author of The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess was given to her by a teacher in high school and influenced her writing.
A Clockwork Orange (movie)
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton; and
The Warriors (movie); and
Mad Max Fury Road (movie), were stories in which she wanted to know more about the female characters and write her own version.
Ray Bradbury, screenwriter and author of Fahrenheit 451
Pablo Cartaya, author of Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish
Veronica Roth, New York Times bestselling Author of the Divergent and Carve the Mark series (listen to her First Draft podcasts here and here)
Meg Medina, Newberry Award and New York Times bestselling author of Merci Saurez Changes Gears
Matt de la Pena, Newberry Medal-winning author of Last Stop on Market Street
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