Nathan here! I recently met Jane Ubell-Meyer, founder of Bedside Reading, and I was struck by the way she combined her passion for traveling and books into a new company. I invited her to join me for an interview about how she created a book-adjacent career, hoping it could serve as an inspiration for anyone […]
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Bestsellers Christina Lauren on how to write with a co-writer and moving from fan-fiction to stardom
The fabulous duo Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, better known as Christina Lauren, have had quite the meteoric rise from their early days writing fan fiction. They are the authors of the NY Times Bestselling Beautiful and Wild Seasons series, they recently published their first stand-alone romance Dating You / Hating You, and will soon publish Autoboyography, which is already […]
Superstar editor Krista Marino on championing books and the publishing climate
My friend Krista Marino is a Senior Executive Editor at Delacorte Press (part of Penguin Random House), and is one of the top young adult and middle grade editors in the business. Some of the authors she’s edited include James Dashner (The Maze Runner series), Brandon Sanderson (The Reckoners series), Matt de la Peña (Ball […]
Interview: Agent Sarah LaPolla on how authors can stand out, negotiating offers, and the state of publishing
Sarah LaPolla is an agent at Bradford Literary Agency, where she represents a mix of middle grade, young adult, and adult books, with a focus on literary fiction, science fiction, magical realism, dark/psychological mystery, literary horror, and upmarket contemporary fiction. Prior to Bradford Lit, Sarah and I were colleagues at Curtis Brown Ltd. Follow her on […]
Interview: Brendan Reichs on hitting the NY Times bestseller list and yelling “OBJECTION YOUR HONOR” in courtrooms
Giveaway alert!! Read on to find out how to enter. Brendan Reichs and I became acquainted on ComicCon panels and at various writing conferences and he is a rather nice and gregarious individual, so I was extremely psyched to see him hit OH HEY THE NY TIMES BESTSELLER LIST NBD for his latest YA novel, NEMESIS, […]
