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First Draft Episode #306: Nicola Yoon
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Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star talks about her new YA, Instructions For Dancing and her brand new publishing venture: co-publisher of Joy Revolution, a Random House young adult imprint dedicated to love stories starring people of color.
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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:
Nicola’s first First Draft interview here
Jodi Reamer, agent at Writer’s House who now represents NIcola and David
Big (movie)
Before Sunrise (movie)
Barbara Marcus, head of Random House Children’s Books
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David Yoon, author of Frankly in Love, Super Fake Love Song, and Version Zero.
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Tahereh Mafi, New York Times bestselling and National Book Award nominated author of the Shatter Me YA fantasy series, YA contemps An Emotion of Great Delight and A Very Large Expanse of Sea, middle grade books Furthermore and Whichwood. Hear her First Draft interviews here and here.
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