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Leigh Bardugo
Leigh Barudgo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shadow and Bone series, the Six of Crows duology, and the King of Scars duology, discusses her first adult novel, Ninth House.
Renee Ahdieh
Renee Ahdieh, the #1 New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of the Wrath and the Dawn Series: The Wrath and the Dawn, and The Rose and the Dagger. The Flame in the Mist series: Flame in the Mist and Smoke in the Sun. And The Beautiful series: The Beautiful and The Damned.
tochi onyebuchi
Tochi Onyebuchi is the author of Beasts Made of Night, and its sequel Crown of Thunder. War Girls, shortlisted for the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award and a Locus Award finalist, as well as a Nomo Award Shortlist, and its sequel, Rebel Sisters. And his adult fiction debut Riot Baby which was a 2020 New England Book Award finalist.
dr. somaiya daud
Somaiya Daud, author of the YA sci-fi Mirage series: Mirage, and Court of Lions, and was the very first author I ever interviewed for First Draft Podcast.
maureen johnson
Maureen Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of of several YA novels, including 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Suite Scarlett, The Name of the Star, and Truly Devious: A Mystery. She has also done collaborative works, such as Let It Snow (with John Green and Lauren Myracle), and The Bane Chronicles (with Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan).
Chani Nicholas
Chani Nicholas is a Webby award-winning astrologer, and the New York Times bestselling author of You Were Born For This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance.