Podcasts by Keeping TABs
Welcome to the Princeton Public Library's teen writing podcast hosted by Lily and Sophie of the PPL Teen Advisory Board. Through interviews with authors, we offer insight to young adults and readers on the writing process!
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14 - Lamar Giles on Pacing Compelling Plots and Cultivating Each Protagonist's Unique Voice from 2023-09-17T01:39:57
This week, we spoke with Lamar Giles, the Edgar Award-nominated author of the YA thriller novels Fake ID, Endangered, Spin, and Overturned; the YA contemporar...
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13 - Maureen Johnson on Plotting Intricate Mystery Novels and Crafting Witty Dialogue from 2023-05-26T12:00:14
This week, we spoke with Maureen Johnson, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the incredibly popular Truly Devious series, the Suite Scarlett series, the 13 Little Blue Envelopes series,...
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12 - Kristen Simmons on Writing Survivor Stories, Creating Lovable Casts of Characters, and Her Upcoming YA Yōkai Horror Novel, Find Him Where You Left Him Dead from 2023-05-12T12:00:42
This week, the Keeping TABs podcast spoke with Kristen Simmons, the critically-acclaimed author of the YA dystopian Article 5 series, the YA thriller Vale Hall series, and three YA speculative f...
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11 - Sarah Glenn Marsh on Not Revealing Your Ghost Too Early, the Importance of Writing About Characters with Diabetes, and the Story Behind Her Family's Haunted House from 2023-04-21T12:00:27
This week, we spoke with YA fantasy and paranormal author Sarah Glenn Marsh. She has written the Reign of the Fallen fantasy series and three paranormal novels, Fear the Drowning Deep, Dread the...
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10 - Nicola Yoon on Exploring Philosophical Questions Through Writing and Her and David Yoon's New Publishing Imprint, Joy Revolution from 2023-03-13T18:38:12
In today's episode, we spoke with Nicola Yoon, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Everything Everything, The Sun is Also a Star, and Instructions for Dancing!...
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9 - Gloria Chao on Authentic Character Relationships, Plotting Romances, and Writing Family Conflict with Nuance from 2023-01-13T18:33:33
In this month's episode, we spoke with Gloria Chao, the critically acclaimed author of American Panda, Our Wayward Fate, and Rent a Boyfriend. Her upcoming novel,...
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8 - Kate Alice Marshall on Writing Paranormal Mysteries with Believable Conclusions, Creating Memorable Characters, and Evoking Emotions in Readers Organically from 2022-10-25T19:06:57
This week, Lily and Sophie spoke with Kate Alice Marshall, the author of the YA paranormal books Rules for Vanishing and Our Last Echoes, the YA survival novel I Am St...
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Episode 7 - Jessica Rubinkowski on Character Relationships, the Writing Process, and Love from 2022-05-27T22:13:08
Today's interview is with author Jessica Rubinkowski! It was so amazing to hear her talk about building dynamic characters and what it’s like to work with difficult character relationships. We l...
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Episode 6 - Kate Williams on Writing Compelling Stories and Feminism in YA from 2022-04-03T12:48:17
This week, we had the opportunity to speak with Kate Williams, the author of the Babysitters Coven series as well as her upcoming YA thriller, Never Coming Home! We also introduced you ...
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Episode 5 - Caleb Roehrig on Character Motivations, Balancing Subplots, and the Importance of YA Literature from 2022-03-02T23:35:22
This week, we had the privilege of talking with Caleb Roehrig, the phenomenal author of Last Seen Leaving, Riverdale: The Poison Pen, White Rabbit, and many other hear...
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Episode 4 - Megan McCafferty on Crafting Relatable Novels from 2022-01-26T16:49:01
This week, we spoke with New York Times-bestselling author Megan McCafferty! We learned about her early career writing for magazines and how she writes novels that transcend time and co...
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Episode 3 - Maggie Thrash on Writing Hopeful Works, Creating Realistic Characters, and Incorporating Irony from 2021-01-02T17:49:38
This week, we spoke with Maggie Thrash, the author of Honor Girl, Lost Soul, Be at Peace and the Strange Truth series. Tune in to a conversation where Maggie Thrash talks about...
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Episode 2- Riley Sager on Writing, Influences, and Pseudonyms from 2020-11-03T04:16:28
For this week's episode, we talked with New York Times bestselling thriller writer Riley Sager and received some amazing insight on the writing process. Be sure to tune in if you want t...
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Episode 1 - The History of the YA Genre from 2020-10-10T15:51:41
Welcome to our very first episode! YA is our collective favorite genre, so we thought it would be interesting to learn about how the genre became so popular and diverse. We detail the evolution ...
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