Podcast appearances and mentions of margot sanchez

This week, Kelly highlights several YA authors who are debuting their adult novels this year. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What's Up in YA newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it's part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Running With Lions by Julian Winters As You Walk On By by Julian Winters I Think They Love You by Julian Winters Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling by Elise Bryant One True Loves by Elise Bryant It's Elementary by Elise Bryant The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera Tiny Threads by Lilliam Rivera All These Monsters by Amy Tintera Ruined by Amy Tintera Reboot by Amy Tintera Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera Growing Up: YA Authors With Debut Adult Novels in 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her podcast Word To Your Mama, Ritzy Periwinkle showcases diverse voices with common themes of non-linear career paths, normalizing mental health within marginalized communities, women in male dominated spaces, and much more. After years of working in various cubicles in the music industry, she decided to launch Ritzy Periwinkle, a moniker for personal art exhibits, and now a vehicle to provide creative direction, graphic design, illustration, strategic branding and more to a broad spectrum of clients and causes. A proud supporter of culture, justice, and diversity, she is dedicated to ensuring that her role as a strong, Latinx, female creative pays respect to those that helped to pave the way. Bookworms, I had so much fun talking to Ritzy. Our conversation covered a wide range of topics, including representation in Children's and YA books, and artist's need to constantly create, the rewards of therapy, our mutual shame at not reading more Octavia Butler, and the biggest question of all: how can we convince an author to write another book in a series?   Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon   Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website   Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram   Guest: Ritzy Periwinkle Website/Ritzy's Instagram/Word to Your Mama Podcast/WTYMama Podcast Instagram Do you know a young person who'd like to appear on the 2nd Annual Kids/YA Gift Guide Episode? GO HERE! Discussed in this episode: Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (Attention Bookworms of a Certain Age: click that link to see the modern, updated cover for this classic!) White Teeth by Zadie Smith The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D. The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir by Jennifer Lewis Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler Best Book Ever Episode 008, Marion Hill on “Memory and Dream” by Charles de Lint Octavia E. Butler Landing Parable of the Sower movie   Discussed in the Patreon Exclusive Clip Unearthed: A Jessica Cruz story by Lilliam Rivera, illustrated by Steph C. Moses Sumney What If… Animated Series (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I get a few bucks off your purchase at no extra expense to you. Anytime you shop for books, you can use my affiliate link on Bookshop, which also supports Indie Bookstores around the country. If you're shopping for everything else – clothes, office supplies, gluten-free pasta, couches – you can use my affiliate link for Amazon. Thank you for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!)

In her podcast Word To Your Mama, Ritzy Periwinkle showcases diverse voices with common themes of non-linear career paths, normalizing mental health within marginalized communities, women in male dominated spaces, and much more. After years of working in various cubicles in the music industry, she decided to launch Ritzy Periwinkle, a moniker for personal art exhibits, and now a vehicle to provide creative direction, graphic design, illustration, strategic branding and more to a broad spectrum of clients and causes. A proud supporter of culture, justice, and diversity, she is dedicated to ensuring that her role as a strong, Latinx, female creative pays respect to those that helped to pave the way. Bookworms, I had so much fun talking to Ritzy. Our conversation covered a wide range of topics, including representation in Children's and YA books, and artist's need to constantly create, the rewards of therapy, our mutual shame at not reading more Octavia Butler, and the biggest question of all: how can we convince an author to write another book in a series?   Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon   Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website   Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram   Guest: Ritzy Periwinkle Website/Ritzy's Instagram/Word to Your Mama Podcast/WTYMama Podcast Instagram Do you know a young person who'd like to appear on the 2nd Annual Kids/YA Gift Guide Episode? GO HERE! Discussed in this episode: Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (Attention Bookworms of a Certain Age: click that link to see the modern, updated cover for this classic!) White Teeth by Zadie Smith The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D. The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir by Jennifer Lewis Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler Best Book Ever Episode 008, Marion Hill on “Memory and Dream” by Charles de Lint Octavia E. Butler Landing Parable of the Sower movie   Discussed in the Patreon Exclusive Clip Unearthed: A Jessica Cruz story by Lilliam Rivera, illustrated by Steph C. Moses Sumney What If… Animated Series (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I get a few bucks off your purchase at no extra expense to you. Anytime you shop for books, you can use my affiliate link on Bookshop, which also supports Indie Bookstores around the country. If you're shopping for everything else – clothes, office supplies, gluten-free pasta, couches – you can use my affiliate link for Amazon. Thank you for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!)

This week we’re back at it discussing voter suppression in Florida #climatechange, and the continued lack of accountability for the murder of #BreonnaTaylor. With everything going on we also talk about becoming desensitized to the news and how to deal with such feelings. Then we put in our bags some Lilliam Rivera and Aleea Rae, and talk about what our #votingplan is! If you love this podcast and want to support us please consider becoming a patron today! We have two tiers to donate at or donate a one time donation via paypal! Thank you to: Norma!! If you’re unable to contribute financially you can also write us a review, rate us on any app you listen to or tell a friend to tell a friend! As always thank you for listening and you can find all our links below: Florida voter suppression: https://n.pr/30kZ1R2 Climate Clock: https://climateclock.world/ Climate Clock NYT: https://nyti.ms/3cHIHP6 China pledges to be carbon neutral by 2060: https://bbc.in/3n71qIE Breonna Taylor’s Mother speaks after Grand Jury: https://n.pr/3ncts5V Lilliam Rivera’s The Education of Margot Sanchez: https://bookshop.org/books/the-education-of-margot-sanchez/9781481472128 Aleea Rae Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AleeaRaeArtStore Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bgladiez Paypal: paypal.me/BagLadiez You can listen to us on soundcloud, Itunes, stitcher, Spotify and Googleplay! Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bgladies Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bgladiez/id1073190648?mt=2 Google Play:http://bit.ly/2D7bSJ5 Spotify: http://bit.ly/BagLadiezPod

First Draft Episode #281: Opening the Mailbag with Lilliam Rivera This week is a new mailbag episode, where I--along with a very special guest--will answer listener questions! Joining me today is Lilliam Rivera, author of The Education of Margot Sanchez, Dealing in Dreams, Goldie Vance: The Hotel Whodunit, and her newest YA novel, Never Look Back, a retelling of the Greek myth Orpheus and Eurydice set in the Bronx (out now)! Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Meg Medina is the New York Times bestselling and Newberry Medalist author of Merci Suárez Changes Gears, Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, and most recently, Evelyn del Rey is Moving Away. Matt de la Peña, New York Times bestselling and Newberry Medalist author of Last Stop on Market Street, Love, and Mexican Whiteboy. Track Changes, the podcast miniseries that explains how your book goes from the laptop to the bookshelf Lilliam is contributing a story to From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop The National Council of Teachers of English conference Black Orpheus (movie)   I want to hear from you! Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998. Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too;  Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free! Rate, Review, and Recommend How do you like the show? Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you! Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Please share this episode on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or via carrier pigeon (maybe try a text or e-mail, come to think of it). Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post! Thanks again!

Books talked about in the episode: Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles Blanca and Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera Analee, In Real Life by Janelle Milanes House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Game Seven by Paul Volponi With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez This Train is Being Held by Ismee Williams More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer Five Midnights by Ann Davila Cardinal Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott The Pregnancy Project by Gaby RodriguezWe Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Kelly and guest host Carmen of @TomesandTextiles offer up a pile of incredible Latinx backlist YA books for your reading needs. This episode is sponsored by Random House Books for Young Readers and GetUnderlined.com. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! SHOW NOTES Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova (“Brooklyn Brujas” series) When Reason Breaks by Cindy L. Rodriguez When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton Fifteen Candles by Veronica Chambers (“Amigas” series, book one) The Go-Between by Veronica Chambers The Closest I’ve Come by Fred Aceves The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind by Meg Medina  Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero The Devil and Winnie Flynn by Micol Ostow I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore

Lilliam Rivera is a writer based in Los Angeles, CA. In her young adult novels The Education of Margot Sanchez and Dealing In Dreams, Lilliam tells familiar stories in new ways—instead of a typical teen drama or dystopian science fiction, she centers Latina characters in stories that take on topics like colorism and gentrification. In our conversation, we talked about why she’s drawn to write stories about young people, what it means to buy into the American Dream, and whether violence is actually empowering. Then for the second segment, we discussed Jeanine Cummins’ recent novel American Dirt and the controversy around it. (Conversation recorded January 23, 2020.) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RadioPublic | Stitcher | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Support: Support our Patreon | Donate via PayPal Share: Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect: Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Show Notes: Lilliam Rivera Lilliam Rivera - The Education of Margot Sanchez Lilliam Rivera - Dealing in Dreams Lilliam Rivera - Never Look Back Last Exit Orpheus and Eurydice Black Orpheus Keep the Channel Open - Episode 87: David Bowles Myriam Gurba - “Pendeja, You Ain’t Steinbeck: My Bronca with Fake-Ass Social Justice Literature” Commonplace - Episode 67: John Biewen Scene on Radio - Seeing White Scene on Radio - MEN Burning Parasite Transcript Episode Credits Editing/Mixing: Mike Sakasegawa Music: Podington Bear Transcription: Shea Aguinaldo

Kelly and guest host Tirzah Price talk about 2019’s queer YA offerings and dive deep into the full-names-in-book-titles trend. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Swipe Right for Murder by James Patterson. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! SHOW NOTES The Lifeboat Clique by Kathy Parks Hungry Hearts edited by Elsie Chapman and Caroline Tung Richmond Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin Gough The Stars And The Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Kahn Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi The Griefkeeper by Alexandra Villasante Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson All The Things We Do In The Dark by Saundra Mitchell Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau Of Ice and Shadows by Audrey Coulthurst Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner The Confusion of Laurel Graham by Adrienne Kisner The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary O’Connell-Valero The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera The New David Espinoza by Fred Aceves

Joining us is Very Special Guest Lilliam Rivera to talk her new book, Dealing in Dreams, plus hot literary tips, Bad Bunny, World Cup, and Ritzy's Yelp adventures. Recorded remotely via Skype = Palm Springs, LA + Southern OR on 7.13.19 You can find the AMAZING Lilliam on her site, Twitter, and Instagram. We discuss Dealing in Dreams, her latest novel. Nylon says the book, "exposes a world filled with exquisite, unflinching brutality, but also offers a real tenderness toward its young characters, many of whom are doing the best they can as they rapidly lose faith in the people and institutions they thought were supposed to protect them. It's a perfect coming-of-age novel in that way, demonstrating all the different ways there are to lose faith, but figure out a way to continue on anyway." (We also love Lilliam's first book, The Education of Margot Sanchez!) Lilliam is also writing a middle-grade novel series based on Goldie Vance which we can't wait to check out. Did you know you have access to a ton of reading/audio book resources with your library card via Meet Libby? What else we're reading: The Mount by Carol Emshwiller Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Difficult Women by Roxane Gay I'm Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams There There by Tommy Orange Fruit of Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras Circe by Madeline Miller Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

Guests: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to writer Liliam Rivera and poet Miriam Damaris Delgado. Both are Boricua, bilingual, and booming. During the “Soap box” the crew touches on politics, art, culture, and all the folks losing their minds over the skin color of a mermaid. Public service announcement: Mermaids are imaginary creatures. Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning writer and author of the young adult novels Dealing in Dreams and The Education of Margot Sanchez, both by Simon & Schuster and available in bookstores everywhere. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Elle, Tin House, and Los Angeles Times, to name a few. Lilliam lives in Los Angeles. We also provide you with great musical breaks which form the soundtrack of a revolution. Click her to donate to Nuestra Palabra: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…_id=9CPLMM88TF5BS NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org. More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org. The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives. Producers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño. Board operator: Terrell Quillin Tony Diaz Sundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays & The Other Side Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston Mon Noon "The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.net Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston www.NuestraPalabra.org 24/7 The Other Side TV www.TheOtherSideTele.com

UCLA Extension Writers' Program instructor and alumna Lilliam Rivera has been featured on NPR, New York Times Book Review, New York magazine, MTV.com, and Teen Vogue, among others.

Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation.  When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways. But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose between sacrifice and betrayal.  Inspired by the author's own life, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricably linked coming-of-age stories. In lush prose, Ingrid Rojas Contreras has written a powerful testament to the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation. Rojas Contreras is in conversation with Lilliam Rivera, an award-winning writer and author of The Education of Margot Sanchez and the upcoming YA novel Dealing in Dreams.

Eric, Kelly, and special guest Patrick Flores talk about YA road trip novels, this year's National Book Award long list titles in Young People's Literature, and highlight a wealth of YA reads for Hispanic Heritage Month. Sponsored by TBR, Kens by Raziel Reed, and Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd from HMH. Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.   Show Notes: American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott Darius The Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram Agony House by Cherie Priest and Tara O’Connor City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab Dividing Eden by Joelle Charbonneau Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake All That’s Left by Carrie Arcos The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Bone Gap by Laura Ruby National Book Awards long list for Young People's Literature The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey Mariam Sharma Hits The Road by Sheba Karim Saving June by Hannah Harrington The Devil You Know by Trish Doller Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon Let’s Get Lost by Adi Alsaid An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes by Randy Ribay The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour The After Life by Daniel Ehrenhaft We Were Here by Matt de la Pena Going Bovine by Libba Bray Seeing off the Johns by Rene S. Perez I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez All The Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera The Memory of Light by Francisco X Stork Bordertown by Eric M. Esquival and Ramon Villalobos The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Saenz Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

Jenn speaks with author Lilliam Rivera (The Education of Margot Sanchez, Dealing in Dreams) about the hardships of writing short fiction, how she wrote her debut YA novel, incorporating social justice elements in her work, and character development, along with being a born & raised New Yorker. [Transcription of this episode can be found on the Episodes tab on the podcast Tumblr.]

In this episode, Edan tells Amelia why she decided to have a HBAC (home birth after caesarean), and the two discuss whether having a third kid would be a terrible or great idea. Plus, Amelia airs her grievances against Luke Bryan and his dumb country song “Most People Are Good." At minute 26:00, they’re joined by Lilliam Rivera, author of The Education of Margot Sanchez. Lilliam grew up in the South Bronx and now lives in LA with her husband and two daughters. She talks to Edan and Amelia about being a mom who curses a lot, teaching politics and history to her oldest child, and how her daughters inspired her to write a horror story.  We'd love to hear from you! Email us at momragepodcast@gmail.com. If you'd like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/momragepodcast

Who doesn't love a book about books? (Possibly Ann.) Listen to our picks for the ultimate reading angle for book-lovers. We'll end with what we're reading this week and some news. Magpie Murders by Anthony HorowitzThe End of Your Life Book Club by Will SchwalbeHow to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry (releases August 15) Ann's picks: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë- Books by Isak Dinesen The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman- Voynich Manuscript- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller- Andy Miller's blog- Moby Dick, or, The Whale by Herman Melville- The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Halle's picks: My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul- The New York Review of Books- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley- The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley What We're Reading This Week: Ann: The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera- Episode 51 - Summer Reads Halle: Caraval by Stephanie Garber- The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern- Episode 28 - Our All-Time Favorites

More lightning-round interviews with authors at the Los Angeles Festival of Books, BookExpo America, and BookCon festivals, including: Brandy Colbert; David Connis; Dhonielle Clayton; E. Katherine Kottaras; Holly Black; Jennifer E. Smith; Jessica Morgan; Kiersten White; Karuna Riazi; Laini Taylor; Maggie Stiefvater; Maurene Goo; Morgan Matson; Nic Stone; Renee Ahdieh; Robin Benway; Samantha Mabry; Soman Chainani; Susan Dennard; Victoria Aveyard; and Zan Romanoff. LATFoB/BEA/BookCon Minisode Show Notes Brandy Colbert (listen to her First Draft interview here), author of Pointe and the forthcoming Little and Lion) The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas David Connis, author of the forthcoming The Temptation of Adam   Dhonielle Clayton, co-author of the Tiny, Pretty Things series and author of the forthcoming The Belles (listen to her First Draft interview here, or read the transcript) E. Katherine Kottaras, author of How to Be Brave and The Best Possible Answer The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera (listen to her First Draft interview here, or read the transcript here) Holly Black, author of The Coldest Girl in Coldtown and the forthcoming The Cruel Prince Jane Yolen, SFF writer Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, among many others!, and her newest book, Windfall, out now! (Her First Draft interview coming soon!) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Jessica Morgan, co-author of Spoiled, Messy, and The Royal We (Listen to her First Draft interview [with co-writer Heather Cocks] here) Kiersten White, author of the And I Darken series and the forthcoming middle grade Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scarytales (and so much more) (listen to her First Draft podcast here) Karuna Riazi, author of The Gauntlet Ellen Oh, author of The Dragon King chronicles and the forthcoming Spirit Hunters (listen to her First Draft podcast here) Laini Taylor, author of Strange the Dreamer and the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series (among other things!) Maggie Stiefvater, author of the forthcoming All The Crooked Saints, the Raven Boys series, Scorpio Races, and more Jonathan Strange and Mr. Morrell by Susanna Clarke Michael Chabon Maurene Goo, author of Since You Asked and the recently-released I Believe in a Thing Called Love (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here!) Morgan Matson, author of Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, Since You've Been Gone, and The Unexpected Everything (listen to her First Draft interview here) Nic Stone, author of Dear Martin Renee Ahdieh, author of The Wrath and the Dawn and her newest book, Flame in the Mist (listen to her First Draft interview here) Flyleaf Books  Quail Ridge Books Books of Wonder McNally Jackson Parnassus Books Red Balloon Bookshop Robin Benway, author of Audrey, Wait!, Emmy and Oliver, and the forthcoming Far From the Tree (listen to her First Draft podcast here) Emery Lord and her first book, Open Road Summer Samantha Mabry, author of A Fierce and Subtle Poison and the forthcoming All the Wind in the World (listen to her First Draft podcast here) Soman Chainani, author of The School for Good or Evil series Susan Dennard, author of the Something Strange and Deadly series, the Witchland series, and contributor to the forthcoming Because You Love to Hate Me anthology Jurassic Park (movie) (and book by Michael Crichton) Victoria Aveyard, author of the Red Queen series (listen to her First Draft interview here) Kaz and Inej from Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom series Zan Romanoff, author of A Song to Take the World Apart and Grace and the Fever (listen to her First Draft interview here, or read the transcript here) Battlestar Galactica (TV show) Julie Buxbaum, author of Tell Me Three Things, and the forthcoming What to Say Next (listen to her First Draft interview here)

Coachella recap, VIP style! Ritzy finds a tiki bar, chokes, connects super special with Kendrick via Steve Lacy. Lisa deals with shit. Plus Fyre Fest, The 100, Rescue Me, Chewing Gum, Lost City of Z.  Recorded 5.2.17 at The Dons Studio Missed us? Yeah, we missed you, too. An update from Lisa on getting older and caring for a sick parent. We are with you guys and appreciate your support in return. xo Did you get special guest Lilliam Rivera's book, The Education of Margot Sanchez? It's awesome. Coachella Tiki Bar! Super secret cool spot at this year's fest. Ritzy meets Steve Lacy, Kendrick Lamar collaborator and coolest producer of the MOMENT who does all his shit on his iPhone. Wired story about him here. Ritzy's Instagram post about it. Fyre Festival. We drink your tears of pain. Glorious. Check out the amaaaazying Powerpoint deck. Watching The 100? Watched Rescue Me? You should probably watch Chewing Gum, regardless.   Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

Welcome back, Lilliam Rivera! New author - and one of our fave guests - joins us to catch up on the latest pop culture news, dig deep into Logan's arc, plus discuss her debut novel "The Education of Margot Sanchez." Recorded 4.18.17 at The Dons Studio You gotta read The Education of Margot Sanchez. We love.  Also check out Lilliam's beautiful essay on drinking and sobriety here. Star Wars trailer. Thor trailer. Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning writer and author of The Education of Margot Sanchez, a contemporary young adult novel forthcoming from Simon & Schuster on February 21, 2017. She is a 2016 Pushcart Prize winner and a 2015 Clarion alumni with a Leonard Pung Memorial Scholarship. She has been awarded fellowships from PEN Center USA, A Room Of Her Own Foundation, and received a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation. Her short story "Death Defiant Bomba" received honorable mention in Bellevue Literary Review's 2014 Goldenberg Prize for Fiction, selected by author Nathan Englander. Lilliam was also a finalist for AWP's 2014 WC&C Scholarship Competition.

New Year, new episode, and we're joined by the lovely & talented Dinora Walcott to talk acting, TV, and being a Magical Motherfuckin' Warrior!  Recorded 1.11.17 at The Dons Studio Some things to know about Dinora Walcott: actor & writer, member of the Mama Mafia, on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram. Here's a link to The Nerd Out on Stitcher. Shout out to friend and former guest Lilliam Rivera - named a 2017 Face to Watch by the Los Angeles Times, please excuse! - whose debut YA novel, The Education of Margot Sanchez, is out on Feb 21!