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YA-OK
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48 episodes
23 hours ago
Join us every other Tuesday as Erik J. Brown (Author of All That's Left in the World & Lose You to Find Me) and Alyssa Ljub (Netflix's The Circle Season 4 & Alyssa Explains it All Podcast) celebrate the growing popularity of YA Novels. Each episode will contain stories from authors, recommendations or lists that is sure to expand your goodreads list!
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Join us every other Tuesday as Erik J. Brown (Author of All That's Left in the World & Lose You to Find Me) and Alyssa Ljub (Netflix's The Circle Season 4 & Alyssa Explains it All Podcast) celebrate the growing popularity of YA Novels. Each episode will contain stories from authors, recommendations or lists that is sure to expand your goodreads list!
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"The Vale" and "Loveboat, Taipei" Author Abigail Hing Wen
This week Erik and Alyssa are joined by Abigail Hing Wen who talks about her novel "Loveboat, Taipei" which was turned into a Netflix movie as well as her newest novel "The Vale" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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23 hours ago
1 hour 2 minutes

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The Dark Writing of Christopher Pike
This week in honor of Halloween just around the corner Erik takes the time to educate Alyssa and Producer Matt on all the dark tales we missed out by not reading Christopher Pike in their youth! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 weeks ago
50 minutes

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20 Years of Twilight
On October 5, 2005 Twilight hit book shelves and immediately became a global phenomenon! Today to celebrate that Alyssa and Erik dive into their history of these books and if they think they hold up still! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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4 weeks ago
1 hour 20 minutes

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"Rare Birds" author Jeff Miller
This week we are joined by author Jeff Miller about his middle-grade book Rare Birds. Jeff talks about getting his foot in the door in writing and what lead to this much more adult themed book compared to his previous work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 month ago
1 hour 14 minutes

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Pre-Order Erik J Brown's Book Better The Devil
This week instead of our usual interviews Producer Matt talks to host Erik J Brown about why you should pre-order his new book "Better Than Devil" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 month ago
26 minutes

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"Love and Video Games" Author Zachary Sergi
This week Alyssa and Erik are joined by author Zachary Sergi to discuss his new book Love & Video Games! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 months ago
1 hour 14 minutes

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"Heir of Storms" Author Lauryn Hamilton Murray
This week we are thrilled to welcome Heir of Storms author Lauryn Hamilton Murray to discuss her debut novel and why she loves fantasy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 months ago
1 hour 7 minutes

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"Kill Creatures" Author Rory Power
This week we are joined by author Rory Power to discuss her newest novel Kill Creatures as well as her award winning novel Wilder Girls! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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3 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes

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"The House of Quiet" and "Mister Magic" author Kiersten White
We are thrilled to have this week's guest Kiersten White on! For the last year we've all raved about how much we love the book Mister Magic, but now that Kiersten has released a YA Thriller called "The House of Quiet" we finally were able to invite her on! Unfortunately Alyssa was unavailable for this interview but Erik has more than enough questions for Kiersten! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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3 months ago
1 hour 30 minutes

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Books That Give Us Summer Vibes
Instead of a guest this week we are breaking down the books we love that gives us Summer Vibes and at least one book we haven't read but look forward to reading this summer to hopefully give us summer vibes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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4 months ago
37 minutes

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"Run Away With Me" author J.L. Simmonds
This week we are joined by J.L. Simmonds whose new YA “Run Away With Me” has been described as Thelma & Louise with Lesbians! We discuss how Aerosmith inspired the plot, the perfect naming of Muppet bands and why despite being in Europe J.L. felt like the road trip story only worked in the United States! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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4 months ago
1 hour 5 minutes

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"Summer Girls" author Jennifer Dugan Returns
This week we are excited to welcome back Jennifer Dugan, our first return guest. Since we dove into Jennifer’s process last time this time we discuss movies, Kristen Stewart, straight men and concussions. We do also find time to discuss Summer Girls, Jennifer’s newest book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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5 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes

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"Runaway With Me" and "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" author Brian Selznick
This week we are honored to be joined by author Brian Selznick! Brian is a beloved author in the realm of middle grade famously illustrating Andrew Clements "Frindle" and then writing The Invention of Hugo Cabret which later became the Martin Scorsese film "Hugo". Now he's dipping his toe into the world of YA with his new novel "Runaway With Me"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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5 months ago
1 hour 25 minutes

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"Gay the Pray Away" author Natalie Naudus
This week we were joined by Natalie Naudus, Natalie has one of the more unique trajectories of any author we've had on the show. Natalie started her career doing audiobook readings before deciding to write a book of her own. We discuss her debut novel Gay the Pray Away! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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6 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes

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"The Corruption of Hollis Brown" and "Icarus" author K. Ancrum
This week we are joined by author K. Ancrum who you may remember as the author of "icarus" which was Erik's favorite read of last year! She joins us to promote her new book "The Corruption of Hollis Brown" and discuss her early says writing short fiction and her path to critically acclaimed books! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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6 months ago
1 hour 24 minutes

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"With or Without You" Author Eric Smith
This week we are joined by author and literary agent Eric Smith to discuss his books (including his newest novel With or Without You) as well as his career as a literary agent! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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7 months ago
1 hour 5 minutes

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"My Eyes Are Up Here" author Laura Zimmermann
This week we are joined by Laura Zimmermann the author of My Eyes Are Up Here as well as Just Do This One Thing For Me. Laura was put on our radar by past guest Lance Rubin and she was an ABSOLUTE DELIGHT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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7 months ago
1 hour 19 minutes

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"You Belong Here" Author Sara Phoebe Miller
This week we are down Erik and gained a Producer Matt for our interview with Sara Phoebe Miller. Sara's debut YA Graphic Novel "You Belong Here" is out NOW! Sara goes over her decade at DC, her hesitance to doing her debut novel as a comic and what drew her to Morgan Beem's artwork! Get your copy of You Belong Here anywhere books are sold and follow us on IG @yaokpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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7 months ago
56 minutes

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"Nobody In Particular" Author Sophie Gonzales
This week we are joined by author Sophie Gonzales to discuss her upcoming book Nothing in Particular (due out in June) as well as her career of killing characters to the horror of her mom! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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8 months ago
1 hour 17 minutes

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Our Favorite Literary Couples
In honor of Valentine's day Erik, Alyssa and Producer Matt go through their personal favorite Literary Couples (in both YA or regular romance). Was your favorite couple represented!? Let us know on our IG @yaokpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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8 months ago
57 minutes

YA-OK
Join us every other Tuesday as Erik J. Brown (Author of All That's Left in the World & Lose You to Find Me) and Alyssa Ljub (Netflix's The Circle Season 4 & Alyssa Explains it All Podcast) celebrate the growing popularity of YA Novels. Each episode will contain stories from authors, recommendations or lists that is sure to expand your goodreads list!