First Draft Episode #266: Adele Griffin
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Adele Griffin, two-time National Book Award honoree and author of almost thirty books for Young Adult and middle grade readers, including The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone, The Becket List, and Sons of Liberty and Where I want to Be.
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Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Agatha Christie, author of Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and more
Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Elizabeth Eulberg, author of The Great Shelby Holmes, Past Perfect Life, and more
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, and many more
Nancy Paulsen at Penguin
Graphic novelist Lisa Brown collaborated with Adele on Picture the Dead
Kate DiCamillo is one of six people to win two Newbery Medals, for her novels The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses, and author of Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, National Book Award finalist The Tiger Rising, as well as New York Times bestselling novels The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Magician’s Elephant, the Mercy Watson series, and more. DiCamillo was the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature for 2014 and 2015. Listen to her First Draft interview here.
Sarah Mlynowski, author of Just a Girl and a Boy in a Little Canoe, the Whatever After series, and co-author of Upside-Down Magic
Julia DeVillers is the author of Liberty Porter, First Daughter series and the coauthor of the Trading Faces series
Michael Buckley, author of The Sisters Grimm series, the National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (N.E.R.D.S.
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