First Draft Episode #258: Ally Carter
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Ally Carter, New York Times bestselling author of the Gallagher Girls series, the Heist Society series, the Embassy Row series, Not If I Save You First, Dear Ally: How Do You Write a Book?, and a new middle grade series that kicks off with Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor.
Today’s episode is brought to you by Hank Green’s A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, out July 7, the sequel and conclusion to Green’s debut novel, the New York Times bestselling An Absolutely Remarkable Thing.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Screenplay by Syd Field
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Romance Writers of America (RWA)
Ally’s agent is Kristin Nelson of the Nelson Literary Agency (who appeared on the Bonus Episode of Track Changes about Publishing During the Time of COVID)
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Sarah Rees Brennan, author of Unspoken, The Demon’s Lexicon, and more
Gordon Korman, author of Schooled, Ungifted, Swindle, and more
Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries, Size 12 is Not Fat, Shadowland, and more
Leigh Bardugo, author of Shadow and Bone, Six of Crows, and Ninth House (listen to her First Draft interviews here, here, and here)
Holly Black, author of The Cruel Prince, Tithe: A Modern Fairytale, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Janet Evanovich, author of the One For the Money series
Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and The Heroes of Olympus series, The Kane Chronicles, and more
Karen McManus, author of One of Us Is Lying
Sarah MacLean, author of A Rogue by Any Other Name, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, and more (also host of the podcast Fated Mates)
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