Today, I get the honor of chatting with another Try Reading All-Star, the internationally bestselling, Lauren Magaziner! Lauren joins me yet again on the podcast to catch up since our last chat. She talks about completing her middle grade fantasy series, The Mythics, and why it'd make a great puppet show. She talks about starting a new fantasy series and the journey of writing her latest book, The Incorruptibles, which was the first installment of this series. Lauren discusses the importance of authentic and loving representation, why it's valuable for readers to see themselves on the page, what readers can expect for the future of this new series, and much more!

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Today I am joined by Try Reading All-Star and internationally bestselling author, Bill Wood! This time, instead of talking about the world of BookTok, Bill joins me back on the podcast to talk all about his debut novel and the author world! Bill talks about the inspiration for his YA thriller, Let's Split Up, how he infused it with his love for Scooby-Doo and Scream, what it was like writing this book and then having it published through Scholastic, and writing the sequel. We also talk about the importance of representation, what horror movies we'd survive, the excitement of having Let's Split Up be adapted into a tv series, and much more!

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On today's episode, another Try Reading All-Star joins me back on the pod! Jessica Parra is back on Try Reading to talk all about life post-debut. She talks about the journey of putting her sophomore novel, The Quince Project, out into the world, what her Disneyland research process was like, and she even teases what might be coming next from her! We also discuss JLo's best movie being The Wedding Planner, having meet-cutes with actors at Disneyland, Diego Luna, and our personal recession indicators.

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