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What Book Hooked You?

A podcast centered around the books that have had impact in our lives. In each episode Brock asks a creative guest about the work that had a hand in making them the person they are today. Listen in to hear entertaining conversations dedicated to the influence reading has in our lives.

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035 Author Jared Reck

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/09/21

In a sense author Jared Reck became a writer by teaching his middle school students the importance of writing. Listen in as Jared explains how he came to create his debut, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. Episode Mentions: * Oh, Say Can You Say? * Garfield * Calvin & Hobbes * Dave Barry * Mama Day * Bailey’s Cafe * Hondo & Fabian * Kiss Good Night * Arnie, the Doughnut * Chris Crutcher * Speak * Athletic Shorts * Laurie Halse Anderson * John Green * Looking for Alaska * An

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034 Author David Barclay Moore

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/09/14

David Barclay Moore‘s middle grade debut The Stars Beneath Our Feet comes out on September 19th from Knopf. Hear how David went from a kid really into comics, to a college experience where he organized a group for creative people, to a writer of books for kids. Episode Mentions: * A Wrinkle in Time * Wind in the Door * Paddington Bear * Ivanhoe * Mark Twain * Huck Finn * Richard Corben * Heavy Metal * John Byrne * Frank Miller * Bob Burden * Paul Chadwick * Jewels Vern * Spike Lee * Toni

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033 Author Axie Oh

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/09/11

The debut novel, Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh is a YA dystopian story set in a futuristic Seoul, Korea. Listen in as Axie discusses the journey of this novel and the books that she enjoyed throughout her life. Episode Mentions: * Beauty * The Blue Sword * The Hero and the Crown * The Forestwife * Redwall * Dragonlance * Unicorns of Balinor * The Royal Diaries * Babysitter’s Club * Boxcar Children * Goodreads * Georgette Heyer * Writers House * The Hunger Games * Divergent * Miss Snark 1st Victim *

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032 Author Scott Reintgen

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/09/07

Scott Reintgen‘s YA debut, Nyxia is a YA sci-fi thriller filled with a cast of diverse characters. Hear as Scott discusses his growth as a writer, the story behind his book Nyxia, and advice for becoming a published writer. Episode Mentions: * Red Rising * Harry Potter * Game of Thrones * World of Warcraft * The Hunger Games * The Maze Runner * Jason Reynolds * Kwame Alexander * Cory Doctorow * Scott Westerfeld * Dear Martin * The Hate U Give * 10,000 hours rule * Nyxia * Shawshank

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00:40:16

031 Agent and Author Eric Smith

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/09/04

Eric Smith has worn many hats in the book industry. We worked for a publisher, writes about YA for various media outlets, an author of three books, and currently an literary agent helping his clients towards publication. For this latest project Eric is the editor of a new short story anthology. WELCOME HOME, coming out September 5th from Flux, is a collection of fictional centered around the theme of adoption. Eric joins Brock to discuss his life in books and his inspiration behind his latest

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00:38:14

030 Author Katherine Locke

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/08/31

Katherine Locke‘s debut YA release The Girl with the Red Balloon comes out on September 1st from Albert Whitman & Co. Listen in as Katherine and Brock talk about the many books that inspired her. Episode Mentions: * A Wrinkle In Time * A Wind in the Door * A Swiftly Tilting Planet * An Acceptable Time * Many Waters * Laura Ingalls Wilder * Nancy Drew * A Bridge to Terabithia * Song of the Lioness Quartet * Heart of Darkness * Wheel of Time * Dune * Absolute Write * Divergent * The Girl

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029 Author Meg Kassel

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/08/28

Author Meg Kassel‘s first attempt at novel length writing came during a rainy summer in Maine. From there dedicated herself to improving as a writer and after several attempts & obstacles she succeed with her debut Black Bird of the Gallows. Episode Mentions: * Beauty * Christopher Pike * Island of the Blue Dolphins * Stephen King * Dean Koontz * Scary Stories You Tell In the Dark * The Hobbit * Neil Giaman * RWA * Egmont Publishing * Entangled Teen * Black Bird of the Gallows * Mothman

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028 Author Rebecca Barrow

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/08/24

UK Author Rebecca Barrow‘s debut YA novel You Don’t Know Me But I Know You is coming out in the US on August 29th from Harper Teen. In this episode Rebecca talks about the persistence she had in her journey as a writer. Episode Mentions: * Enid Blyton * Jacqueline Wilson * Malorie Blackman * Naughts & Crosses * Christopher Pike * Point Horror * Stravaganza * Gossip Girl * 1984 * You Don’t Know Me But I Know You * Arrival * Alias Grace * The Handmaid’s Tale *

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027 Author Dan Gemeinhart

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/08/21

When middle grade author Dan Gemeinhart was a child he ended up moving a lot, going from school to school. However, where ever we went next he knew the books he loves would be in the new school’s library. This started him on a life long love of books that led him to creating his own stories. Episode Mentions: * Hatchet * The Hardy Boys * The Chronicles of Narnia * Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry * Trumpet of the Swan * Summer of My German Soldier * The Honest Truth * Scar Island * Some Kind of

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026 Author Stephanie Oakes

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/08/17

Author Stephanie Oakes second book The Arsonist from Dial/Penguin comes out on August 22nd. Hear what books inspired her as both a reader & writer and what life was like have her debut release, The Scared Lies of Minnow Bly. Episode Mentions: * Harry Potter * Atonement * Tess of the d’Urbervilles * Into the Wild * Harriet the Spy * Nancy Drew * Everything is Illuminated * Goose Girl * The Handless Maiden * The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly * The Arsonist * Hunger Games * Pride &

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025 Author Kristi Wientge

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/08/11

Kristi Wientge grew up loving books, especially those by her favorite author Beverly Cleary. Cleary’s book’s and Kristi’s own experiences as a child inspired Wientge to write her debut MG release Karma Khullar’s Mustache. Episode Mentions: * Beverly Cleary * Ramona * Ellen Tebbits * The Mouse and the Motorcycle * Scholastic Book Orders * Fifteen * Babysitter Club * Judy Blume * Karma Khullar’s Mustache * WriteOnCon * Labyrinth * Dear Mr. Henshaw * One of Us Is

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024 Author Matthew Landis

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/08/03

Matthew Landis was a middle school social studies teacher looking for ways to share his love of history to his students. This brought him to write his debut novel LEAGUE OF AMERICAN TRAITORS, a modern story about the descendants of the American Revolution. Episode Mentions: * Lord of the Rings: Two Towers * The Hobbit * Hardy Boys * Chronicles of Narnia * Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal * Penn State * Ethan Frome * Villanova * League of American Traitors * Benedict Arnold * Agent Lauren

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023 Author Stephanie Kuehn

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/07/31

Author Stephanie Kuehn‘s 5th novel WHEN I AM THROUGH WITH YOU comes out on August 1st from Dutton. Hear how the unsettling books Stephanie enjoyed growing up molded her into the author she has become. Episode Mentions: * Black Stallion * Albert Payson Terhune * Night Shift * San Francisco Chronicle * Goosebumps * Dean Koontz * Secret History * Wasp Factory * Charm & Strange * Complicit * The Smaller Evil * Delicate Monsters * When I Am Through With You * The Postman Always Rings Twice *

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022 BookTuber emmmabooks

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/07/27

Emma joins the podcast to talk about and things books, how reading pulled her into the booktube community, and all the positive things that have come out of that decision. Episode Mentions: * Harry Potter * Moral Instruments Series * The Bailey School Kids * The Tail of Emily Windsnap * City of Bones * Hunger Games * BookTube * Twilight * The Infernal Devices * emmmabooks * Goodreads * A Monster Calls * Ethan Frome * Lord of the Flies * Throne of Glass * What I Lost * Moxie host: Brock

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021 Author Alan Gratz

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/07/24

For over a decade Alan Gratz has been writing YA & MG novels. This summer he releases his 13th, Refugee (July 25th) & 14th, Ban This Book (Aug 29th). In this episode Alan takes us through his journey as a writer. Episode Mentions: * Tuck Everlasting * The Hobbit * The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy * Animal Farm * University of Tennessee * Samurai Shortstop * Starfleet Academy: The Assassination Game * 10,000 Hour Rule * Refugee * MS Saint Louis * Projekt 1065 * Prisoner B-3087 *

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020 Author Lauren Karcz

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/07/20

The Gallery of Unfinished Girls from HarperTeen is a new YA novel by author Lauren Karcz coming out on July 25th. Hear how Lauren’s debut novel was inspired by characters she created when she was in a teenager. Episode Mentions: * Ramona the Brave * Fudge * Blubber * The Baby-Sitters Club * Sweet Valley Twins * Christopher Pike * Remember Me * RL Stine * Perks of Being a Wallflower * Rabbit, Run * NaNoWriMo * Catch 22 * Looking for Alaska * The Gallery of Unfinished Girls * Victoria Marini *

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019 Author Jennifer Fenn

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/07/17

Jennifer Fenn‘s YA novel Flight Risk comes out July 18th from Roaring Brook Press. Listen as Jennifer explains the elements that inspired her new story as well as the other books and writing that motivated her to be an author. Episode Mentions: * Charlotte’s Web * Stargirl * Bunnicula * The Indian in the Cupboard * Fear Street * The Baby-Sitters Club * Girl Interrupted * White Teeth * The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay * Everything Is Illuminated * The Outsiders * Flight

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018 Author Linda Williams Jackson

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/07/13

Linda Williams Jackson‘s debut release Midnight Without a Moon tells the story of a young girl living in Mississippi during the days of Jim Crow. Listen as Linda talks about what inspire the book and what books have inspired her. Episode Mentions: * The Soul Brothers and Sister Lou * Little House on the Prairie * Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry * Richard Wright * Native Son * Black Boy * Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman * Jubilee * Midnight without a Moon * A Sky Full of Stars * Emmett Till *

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017 Author Blair Thornburgh

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/07/10

In this episode Blair Thornburgh talks about how her involvement in NaNoWriMo led to her YA debut Who’s That Girl and how Blair’s job as an editor gives her perspective in her own writing journey. Episode Mentions: * Anastasia Krupnik * Illustrator Rebecca Thornburgh * Ramona * Catcher in the Rye * Magic for Beginners * Buffy the Vampire Slayer * Catherine, Called Birdy * John Green * Smart Bitches Trashy Books * NaNoWriMo * Tristan and Iseult * Who’s That Girl * All American

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016 Author Sam J. Miller

What Book Hooked You? ·

2017/07/06

Sam J. Miller‘s debut YA novel is The Art of Starving. It is both personal to his own life and influenced be the books & authors he read throughout his life. Listen in as Sam share those books and his journey with us. Episode Mentions * Mind of My Mind * Avatar: The Last Airbender * Battlestar Galactica * Story of Your Life and Others * Isaac Asimov * The Fog Horn * Arthur C Clark * H.P. Lovecraft * Naked Lunch * Stephen King * Analog * Asimovs * Phillip Roth * Paul Auster * James

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