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This week we are joined by J.L. Simmonds whose new YA “Run Away With Me” has been described as Thelma & Louise with Lesbians! We discuss how Aerosmith inspired the plot, the perfect naming of Muppet bands and why despite being in Europe J.L. felt like the road trip story only worked in the United States!
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This week we are excited to welcome back Jennifer Dugan, our first return guest. Since we dove into Jennifer’s process last time this time we discuss movies, Kristen Stewart, straight men and concussions. We do also find time to discuss Summer Girls, Jennifer’s newest book!
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This week we are honored to be joined by author Brian Selznick! Brian is a beloved author in the realm of middle grade famously illustrating Andrew Clements "Frindle" and then writing The Invention of Hugo Cabret which later became the Martin Scorsese film "Hugo". Now he's dipping his toe into the world of YA with his new novel "Runaway With Me"!
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This week we were joined by Natalie Naudus, Natalie has one of the more unique trajectories of any author we've had on the show. Natalie started her career doing audiobook readings before deciding to write a book of her own. We discuss her debut novel Gay the Pray Away!
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This week we are joined by author K. Ancrum who you may remember as the author of "icarus" which was Erik's favorite read of last year! She joins us to promote her new book "The Corruption of Hollis Brown" and discuss her early says writing short fiction and her path to critically acclaimed books!
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This week we are joined by author and literary agent Eric Smith to discuss his books (including his newest novel With or Without You) as well as his career as a literary agent!
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This week we are joined by Laura Zimmermann the author of My Eyes Are Up Here as well as Just Do This One Thing For Me. Laura was put on our radar by past guest Lance Rubin and she was an ABSOLUTE DELIGHT!
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This week we are down Erik and gained a Producer Matt for our interview with Sara Phoebe Miller. Sara's debut YA Graphic Novel "You Belong Here" is out NOW! Sara goes over her decade at DC, her hesitance to doing her debut novel as a comic and what drew her to Morgan Beem's artwork!
Get your copy of You Belong Here anywhere books are sold and follow us on IG @yaokpodcast
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This week we are joined by author Sophie Gonzales to discuss her upcoming book Nothing in Particular (due out in June) as well as her career of killing characters to the horror of her mom!
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In honor of Valentine's day Erik, Alyssa and Producer Matt go through their personal favorite Literary Couples (in both YA or regular romance). Was your favorite couple represented!? Let us know on our IG @yaokpodcast
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This week we are joined by Simina Popescu who wrote and cartooned the YA Graphic Novel LEAP!
Make sure you follow them on IG!
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This week we are joined by author Eliot Schrefer who wrote The Darkness Outside Us and The Brightness Between Us. We wanted to avoiding spoiling the book (for not just the listeners but also Alyssa and Producer Matt) so we instead focused on Schrefer's career and inspirations!
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Since it's New Years Eve instead of a usual podcast we wanted to release the episode of Geekscape when Alyssa and Erik joined Jonathan London to discuss their new podcast!
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Check out Matt's new podcast "Christian Cringe"
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In our final episode of the year Alyssa, Erik and Producer Matt go over their top 5 books that they read this year. Some are from past guests, some are YA novels from hopefully future guests and some aren't even YA at all!
Get a pen and paper we got 15 recommendations coming your way!!!
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This week we are joined by our first non-fiction writer Ashley Spencer. While Disney High is not a YA novel it definitely will be of interest to many YA fans (and tells the tale of some very famous Young Adults from the 90s and 2000s!)
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This week we are joined by Jason June who beyond being an incredible ball of positive energy, is also the author of the new book Flopping in a Winter Wonderland! We recorded this the day after the election and Jason's optimistic nature was exactly what we needed, we hope our episode brings the same optimism to you!
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This week we are thrilled by joined by Josh Silver. His booked "HappyHead" has been out in the UK for quite a while but now with the book sequel "Dead Happy" coming out in the UK, along with an upcoming film adaptation, his original book is finally being released in the States.
Josh talks about the inspirations for the book as well as what it's like to have one of his novels being courted for a feature film!
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This week Erik and Producer Matt discuss their favorite Goosebumps books while Alyssa reacts because ... she's never read them!!
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This week we are joined by "Stars, Hide Your Fires" author Jessica Mary Best who talks to us about her debut novel combining YA Romance with Sci-Fi as well as her other career doing narrative based short form podcasts! Jessica is one of the most fascinating people we've ever talked to and she will definitely be back in the future!
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