Gloria Chao on Exploring Cultural Identity Through Storytelling
I’m thrilled to kick off the first episode of 2018 with one of our long-time listeners, Gloria Chao! Gloria is an MIT grad turned dentist turned writer and her debut American…
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Carmen Maria Machado on Staying Focused on Creating Your Best Work
Carmen Maria Machado is a fiction writer, critic, and essayist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, Granta, Tin House, Guernica, Gulf Coast, NPR, and more. Carmen’s debut short story…
Erika L Sanchez An Unwavering Love of Writing
Poet, novelist, and essayist, Erika L. Sanchez was a Fulbright Scholar, CantoMundo Fellowship recipient, and Bread Loaf Scholar. Her debut young adult novel, “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter”,…
Ryan T. Higgins on the Importance of Looking at Your Story in Small Chunks
Ryan T. Higgins is the bestselling author and illustrator of the picture book “Mother Bruce” which received the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor. In…
Rebecca Green on Staying Inspired as an Artist
Rebecca Green is an incredibly talented illustrator and painter, and is the picture book author of How to Make Friends with a Ghost. In this episode, Rebecca walks us through…
Greg Pizzoli on Developing Picture Book Ideas & Diversifying Your Work As An Artist
Greg Pizzoli is an author, illustrator and screenprinter.He is the author of Good Night Owl, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor book, Templeton Gets His Wish, Number One Sam, and The Watermelon Seed, which received…
Susan Dennard on The Revision Process & Overcoming Perfectionist Tendencies
Susan Dennard is the author of the Something Strange and Deadly series as well as the New York Times bestselling books Truthwitch and Windwitch. Susan is one our community’s most requested authors…
Sara Shepard on Writing What You Love & Creating Captivating Villains
Sara Shepard is the author of the popular NYT bestselling series Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game. She takes us behind the scenes of her newest book, Follow Me, the…
