Chris Colfer: Fans, Fiction, And Fan Fiction

Ask Me Another

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Leisure, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Chris Colfer recounts auditioning for the hit show Glee, and how his distaste for reality led to his best-selling YA series, The Land of Stories. This episode originally aired on July 14, 2017.

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