First Draft With Sarah Enni

First Draft Episode: Queer Love Stories (A Mighty Blaze Panel) A conversation between Sam Maggs, author of The Unstoppable Wasp, Girl Squad: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History, and more; Lyla Lee, author of I’ll Be the One; Tobly McSmith, author of Stay Gold; Adiba Jaigirdar, author of The Henna Wars; and Leah Johnson, author of You Should See Me in a Crown. This conversation was held as part of A Mighty Blaze’s YA Weekend, and many thanks to Joseph Moldover (author of Every Last Breath) and Jennifer de Leon (author of Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From) for all the help putting that entire celebration together. You can watch the Zoom video of this panel at A Mighty Blaze’s Facebook page, here. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Hear Sam Magg’s episode of First Draft here The Cooperative Children’s Book Center 2019 numbers on diversity in KidLit Simon Vs the Homo Sapien’s Agenda by Becky Albertalli (listen to her FIrst Draft interviews here and here) Adam Silvera, author of More Happy Th