First Draft Episode #267: The Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From Team: Author Jennifer de Leon, Agent Faye Bender, and Editor Caitlyn Dlouhy
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A conversation between the entire team behind debut young adult novel Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From: author Jennifer de Leon, Literary agent Faye Bender, partner and founder of The Book Group, and Caitlyn Dlouhy, Vice President & Editorial Director–Caitlyn Dlouhy Books at Simon & Schuster.
This conversation was held as part of A Mighty Blaze’s YA Weekend, and many thanks to Joseph Moldover (author of Every Last Breath) for all the help putting that entire celebration together.
Catch Up on the Series:
Episode 2: Agents: Who Are They, What Do They Do, And How Do You Get One?
Episode 3: Selling Your Book (Part 1)
Episode 4: Selling Your Book (Part 2)
Episode 7: After the Book Deal
Episode 8: Marketing and Publicity (Part 1)
Episode 9: Marketing and Publicity (Part 2), and Definitions of Success
Bonus Eps
Publishing in the time of COVID
Panel: The Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From team
Panel: Publishing From Every Angle
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Francisco X. Stork, author of Illegal, Marcelo in the Real World, and more
Natalie C. Anderson, author of City of Saints and Thieves and Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday
Desmond Hall, debut author of forthcoming YA novel Your Corner Dark
2020–2021 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jason Reynolds, whose many books include All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely [listen to his First Draft interview here]), As Brave as You, For Every One, the Track series, Look Both Ways, Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You and Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. Listen to his First Draft interviews here and here.
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