CONTENT WARNING - Language use, please use headphones if in mixed company!

Buckle in folks, this is a long one! Thomas and I are so happy to introduce Steven Salvatore, whose debut adult romance has recently been added to their YA catalogue! In this episode we talk about publishing, writing degrees, genderqueer books, and what we want to see in the writing community.

Questions/comments/concerns/recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org!

Make sure to check out Steven's website and follow them on social media!

Books/Authors we mention:

• Can't Take That Away
• And They Lived
• No Perfect Places
• The Boyfriend Subscription
• Lemon at First Sight (coming next year)
• Realm Breaker series by Victoria Aveyard
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
• Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon
• Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
• The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
• Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
• Boyfriend Material series by Alexis Hall
• 10 Things that Never Happened by Alexis Hall
• Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
• Becky Chambers
• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
• Libba Bray
• John Green
• Coe Booth
• Nicholas DiDomizio
• Less by Andrew Sean Greer

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