First Draft Episode #281: Opening the Mailbag with Lilliam Rivera

This week is a new mailbag episode, where I--along with a very special guest--will answer listener questions! Joining me today is Lilliam Rivera, author of The Education of Margot Sanchez, Dealing in Dreams, Goldie Vance: The Hotel Whodunit, and her newest YA novel, Never Look Back, a retelling of the Greek myth Orpheus and Eurydice set in the Bronx (out now)!

Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

• Meg Medina is the New York Times bestselling and Newberry Medalist author of Merci Suárez Changes Gears, Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, and most recently, Evelyn del Rey is Moving Away.

• Matt de la Peña, New York Times bestselling and Newberry Medalist author of Last Stop on Market Street, Love, and Mexican Whiteboy.

• Track Changes, the podcast miniseries that explains how your book goes from the laptop to the bookshelf

• Lilliam is contributing a story to From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back

• The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop

• The National Council of Teachers of English conference

• Black Orpheus (movie)

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