Join us in conversation with New York Times bestselling author, Amie Kaufman, as we continue Young Adult month! We discuss the novels that shaped Amie as a young adult herself, the YA genre as a literature of transformation, what it's like to write in conversation with teenagers, how to find the quiet moments when writing with pace, how Amie got a tour of NASA, and we take a peek into Amie's soon-to-be finished PhD research (one of us, one of us).

MENTIONS

Books

The Baby-sitters Club, Ann M. Martin

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Jules Verne

The Dark Is Rising, Susan Cooper

The Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey

Lady's Knight, Amie Kaufman

Red Star Rebels, Amie Kaufman

Illuminae, Amie Kaufman

Films/TV

A Knight's Tale, 2001

The Martian, 2015

Die Hard, 1988

Home Alone, 1990

Speed, 1994

Authors

Marie Lu

Dhonielle CLayton

Lisa Fuller

Sabaa Tahir

Amy Doak

Ellie Marney

Other

Michael Whelan, Artist

Oasis, Band

Miyazaki, Animator and Filmmaker

LINKS

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Amie Kaufman On Writing: A Podcast: https://amiekaufman.com/podcast/

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