Ep 75: Dhonielle Clayton

Hang with me and Dhonielle Clayton, co-author of TINY PRETTY THINGS and its sequel, SHINY BROKEN PIECES (out now!), as well as author of forthcoming series THE BELLES (spring '17). She talks about weekly childhood trips to the bookstore, being a writing n00b, accidentally getting a boarding school job, and writing to arrested development. And don't forget to take the First Draft Podcast listener survey!   Dhonielle Clayton Show Notes X Men THE PAHNTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster Virginia Hamilton Walter Dean Myers I WANT MY HAT BACK by Jon Klassen Hillary Homzie The Hanging Garden (group of writers on Tumblr) David Leviathan Sarah Weeks The Longstockings: Jenny Han, Coe Booth, Siobhan Vivian, Lisa Graff Tin House Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery Pretty Little Liars (TV show) OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald Mildred Taylor Shonda Rimes Grey's Anatomy (TV show) Alloy Entertainment Books Paper Lantern Lit Full Fathom Five The Story Foundation Victoria Marini, literary agent at ICM THE SELECTION by Kiera Cass WITHER by Lauren DeStefano The Princess Bride (movie) We Need Diverse Books  BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA by Katherine Peterson