Story Behind the Story
Stories about stories and how they came to be
Displaying 2 items of Story Behind the Story with the tag "young adult".
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Episode 9: Lilah Sturges - LUMBERJANES: THE SHAPE OF FRIENDSHIP
3 January 2020 | 54 mins 43 secs
authors, comics, fiction, graphic novels, young adult
Comics writer Lilah Sturges joins to talk about her new graphic novel, "The Shape of Friendship," which is part of the Lumberjanes series.
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Episode 3: M.K. England - THE DISASTERS
2 February 2019 | 1 hr
authors, books, interviews, ksqd, young adult
THE DISASTERS is M.K. England's debut young adult novel about a group of space academy washouts who are forced to step up and save the world after escaping a terrorist attack. It's a wildly entertaining romp through space that has been lauded for its nuanced representation of LGBTQIA characters and the way it handles mental health issues such as depression and anxiety.
In this episode, I talk to England about these issues and more, including what it's like to write action scenes, how publishing a novel has changed the way England reads books, and how their experiences with National Novel Writing Month have affected their writing. I hope you enjoy it.