First Draft Episode #234: Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed
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Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Leah on the Offbeat, and co-author of What if it’s Us, and Aisha Saeed, New York Times bestselling author of Written in the Stars and Amal Unbound, teamed up to write Yes No Maybe So.
This episode of First Draft is brought to you by Steven Sater’s Alice By Heart, a debut young adult novel in which the Tony Award-winning co-creator of Spring Awakening tells the story of a young girl who takes refuge in a London Tube station during WWII and confronts grief, loss, and first love with the help of her favorite book, Alice in Wonderland. Alice By Heart is out from Penguin Random House now.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Aisha Saeed was a co-founding member of We Need Diverse Books
Jon Ossoff, the politcian whose run for a U.S. House seat brought Becky and Aisha together and inspired Yes No Maybe So, is running for Senate. Learn more about him and donate to his campaign here!
Becky co-wrote another book, What if it’s Us, with Adam Silvera (listen to his First Draft interview here)
Long Shot (movie)
Nancy Paulsen of Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, is Aisha’s long-time editor
Donna Bray at Balzer + Bray has been Becky’s editor for her entire career, and she edited YES NO MAYBE SO
Love, Simon (movie based on Becky’s debut novel, Simon vs. the Homo Sapien’s Agenda)
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