Ep 161: Laini Taylor

Laini Taylor is a National Book Award finalist for Lips Touch Three Times, New York Times bestseller for the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, and Printz Honoree for Strange the Dreamer and its sequel, Muse of Nightmares, out now!   Laini Taylor Show Notes John Grisham Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Victoria Aveyard (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here) Jim di Bartolo, illustrator and Laini's husband SCBWI The National Book Award Arthur Levine, publisher at Scholastic In the Shadows by Kiersten White and Jim di Bartolo Printz Award Laini's Ladies Sarah Dessen Victoria Schwab (listen to her First Draft podcast here) Holly Black Cassie Clare Sarah Rees Brennan Kelly Link Libba Bray (listen to her First Draft podcasts here and here) Maurene Goo (listen to her First Draft podcasts here and here and here) Gentleman and Phantoms, Laini's story which appears in the Foretold anthology The Girl Who Woke the Dreamer, Laini's story which appears in the My True Love Gave to Me anthology