First Draft Episode #258: Ally Carter

Ally Carter, New York Times bestselling author of the Gallagher Girls series, the Heist Society series, the Embassy Row series, Not If I Save You First, Dear Ally: How Do You Write a Book?, and a new middle grade series that kicks off with Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor.

Today’s episode is brought to you by Hank Green’s A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, out July 7, the sequel and conclusion to Green’s debut novel, the New York Times bestselling An Absolutely Remarkable Thing.

Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

• Screenplay by Syd Field

• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

• The Romance Writers of America (RWA)

• Ally’s agent is Kristin Nelson of the Nelson Literary Agency (who appeared on the Bonus Episode of Track Changes about Publishing During the Time of COVID)

• The Earth, My Butt, and Other Round Things by Carolyn Mackler

• Sarah Rees Brennan, author of Unspoken, The Demon’s Lexicon, and more

• Gordon Korman, author of Schooled, Ungifted, Swindle, and more

• Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries, Size 12 is Not Fat, Shadowland, and more

• Leigh Bardugo, author of Shadow and Bone, Six of Crows, and Ninth House (listen to her First Draft interviews here, here, and here)

• Holly Black, author of The Cruel Prince, Tithe: A Modern Fairytale, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here)

• Janet Evanovich, author of the One For the Money series

• Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and The Heroes of Olympus series, The Kane Chronicles, and more

• Karen McManus, author of One of Us Is Lying

• Sarah MacLean, author of A Rogue by Any Other Name, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, and more (also host of the podcast Fated Mates)

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