Making It Up with Maureen Johnson, author of the Box in the Woods

Carter Wilson's Making It Up

English - October 18, 2021 19:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Maureen Johnson is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of several YA novels, including 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Suite Scarlett, The Name of the Star, and Truly Devious. She has also done collaborative works, such as Let It Snow with John Green and Lauren Myracle (now on Netflix), and several works in the Shadowhunter universe with Cassandra Clare.

Among other things, Carter and Maureen discuss attending a Catholic high school as a non-Catholic, getting her MFA from Columbia, and how she writes mysteries by outlining and stress-testing her crime scene. At the end of their conversation, a sentence from A Column of Fire by Ken Follet sparks an in-depth conversation about old court schemes.

Connect with Carter at www.carterwilson.com

Connect with Maureen at www.maureenjohnsonbooks.com