#1 New York Times bestselling author, Mark Oshiro, spoke with me about what journalism taught them about book editing, capturing a transitional age with young adult and middle-grade fiction, and their latest novel JASMINE IS HAUNTED. Mark Oshiro is the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of young adult books including Anger Is a Gift, as well as middle-grade books The Insiders, You Only Live Once, David Bravo, and Star Wars Hunters: Battle for the Arena. They are also the coauthor (with Rick Riordan) of The Sun and the Star: A Nico Di Angelo Adventure. Their upcoming middle-grade novel JASMINE IS HAUNTED (Starscape, Hardcover; October 1, 2024), is described as a "heartfelt, funny, fast-paced, and spooky” (Rick Riordan), tale about the gravity of grief and the courage it takes to overcome it. Mark Oshiro won the 2024 Georgia Author of the Year Award and the 2019 Schneider Family Book Award. [Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm] [If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen] In this file Mark Oshiro and I discussed:
The strange circuitous route to bestseller and the public perception of debut authors
Why their journalism background prepared them for a full-time fiction career
How they teamed up with the author of Percy Jackson & the Olympians
On writing queer stories with characters of color
The outsized influence of Octavia Butler
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
www.markoshiro.com
Jasmine Is Haunted by Mark Oshiro (Amazon)
Mark Oshiro Amazon Author Page
Mark Oshiro on Instagram
Mark Oshiro on Twitter
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Sep 13, 2024
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