First Draft Episode #318: Chandler Baker

Chandler Baker, the New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network talks about her latest feminist thriller, The Husbands. She is also the co-author with Wesley King of YA novel Hello (From Here), out September 7!

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

• Lauren Oliver, New York Times bestselling author of Panic, the Delirium series, and Before I Fall

• John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of many young adult novels, including The Fault in Our Stars and Printz-winning Looking For Alaska, joins to discuss his new essay collection, The Anthropocene Reviewed. He is also one half of the vlogbrothers on YouTube and co-creator of educational series Crash Course. Listen to his First Draft interview here.

• Gayle Forman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay and Where She Went, as well as We Are Inevitable, Frankie & Bug, and many more.

• Miss Snark

• Absolute Write (whose forum is back up now!)

• The Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrator’s Blue Boards forum

• Full Fathom Five, the book packaging company run by James Frey

• Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky

• I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time by Lisa VanderKamp

• 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. Listen to her First Draft interviews here and here.

• Kristen Wiig has bought the rights to adapt The Husbands

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• Rufi Thorpe, author of adult novelsThe Girls from Corona del Mar, Dear Fang: With Love, and The Knockout Queen. Hear her First Draft interview here.

• Koa Beck, former editor-in-chief of Jezebel and co-host of “The #MeToo Memos” on WNYC’s The Takeaway, discusses her debut non-fiction work, White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind. Hear her First Draft interview here.

• Catie Disabato, author of The Ghost Network and the new adult contemporary novel U Up? Hear her First Draft interview here.

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