First Draft Episode #277: Leah Johnson

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Leah Johnson talks about her bestselling debut novel, You Should See Me In a Crown, and the forthcoming Rise to the Sun.

This episode is brought to you by Everything I Thought I Knew, by Shannon Takoaka, out from Candlewick Press now.

Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

Leah’s essay, “How Young Adult Literature Taught Me to Love Like a White Girl,” appeared in Electric Lit.
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Sarah Neal-Estes, director of PRX’s American Student Radio
Radiolab podcast network
The “24 Hours at the Golden Apple” episode of This American Life
“Picture Day” on This American Life
Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert (hear her First Draft episodes here, here, and here)
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
I reference the Marketing and Publicity (Part 2) where I discuss boundaries in promo

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