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Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done. I think it's really beautiful. Jesus, it did what I struggle, you know? It was incredible. You know, it's like your head exploded, seeing what was really there. And now here's your host, Brad Listing. Just one person at just one time. Okay, everybody, welcome back to the program. Here we go again. This is it. This is other people. My guest today is Cecil Castellucci. It's a great name, isn't it? I believe it's Italian. It sounds refined. It sounds kind of musical and rolls off the tongue. And it also sounds tough and possibly somewhat gangsterish. So Cecil has written a lot of books for young adults. She is, I guess you could say a Y-A author with books like Boyproof,

The Queen of Cool, and most recently, First Day on Earth. She's written also a graphic novel

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