Episode 8: Dahlia Adler
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Dahlia Adler (she/her) is an editor by day, a freelance writer by night, and an author and anthologist at every spare moment in between. She is the founder of LGBTQReads.com, her novels include Kids' Indie Next picks Cool for the Summer and Home Field Advantage, and she is the editor of the anthologies His Hideous Heart, That Way Madness Lies, At Midnight, and, with Jennifer Iacopelli, Out of Our League (forthcoming from Feiwel & Friends). Dahlia lives in New York with her family and an obscene number of books, and can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @MissDahlELama.
In this episode:
The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin
Sweet Valley High series by Francine Pascal
Beverly Cleary (with a special shoutout to Ramona and Ellen Tebbits)
Parker Fadley from Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers
This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills
Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills
Lada and Radu from The Conqueror’s Saga by Kiersten White
Bright We Burn by Kiersten White
And I Darken by Kiersten White
Kestrel from The Winner’s Curse (The Winner’s Trilogy) by Marie Rutkoski
Pointe by Brandy Colbert
Tasia from Home and Away by Candice Montgomery
Throw Like a Girl by Sarah Henning
Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin
Sarah Barley - editorial director, young adult - at Flatiron
Cinderella
Jack and the Beanstalk
Snow White
Rumplestiltskin
Cask of Amontillado
Tell-Tale Heart
Frau Trude
Hans Christian Anderson
Grimm fairytales
Patricia Nelson at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
Ligia
Merchants of Venice
Disney Channel
Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
Flat book swag ideas: bookmarks; bookplates (matte stickers); art cards; character cards; tattoos; stickers
Gossip Girl (the show)
The Nutcracker
Fitcher’s Bird
Sleeping Beauty
Little Red Riding Hood
The Robber Bridegroom
Little Matchstick Girl
The Little Mermaid
The Nightingale
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Tales From the Hinterland by Melissa Albert
Natalia, Ellie, and Adam from Going Bicoastal
Laura and Jasmine from Cool for the Summer
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Everett (Evie), Salem, and Sabrina from My Name is Everett
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Lizzie and Connor from Last Will and Testament
Amber and Jack from Home Field Advantage
Reagan from Just Visiting
Ally from Behind the Scenes
Barnes&Noble Teen Blog
At Midnight: 15 Beloved Fairy tales reimagined
November 22, 2022
Art: Jon Contino
Design: Keith Hayes
Fairy tales have been spun for thousands of years and remain among our most treasured stories. Weaving fresh tales with unexpected reimaginings, At Midnight brings together a diverse group of acclaimed YA writers to breathe new life into a storied tradition.
Fifteen celebrated authors reclaim classic fairy tales for a new generation:
Dahlia Adler, “Rumplestiltskin”
Tracy Deonn, “The Nightingale”
H.E. Edgmon, “Snow White”
Hafsah Faizal, “Little Red Riding Hood”
Stacey Lee, “The Little Matchstick Girl”
Roselle Lim, “Hansel and Gretel”
Darcie Little Badger, “Puss in Boots”
Malinda Lo, “Frau Trude”
Alex London, “Cinderella”
Anna-Marie McLemore, “The Nutcracker”
Rebecca Podos, “The Robber Bridegroom”
Rory Power, “Sleeping Beauty”
Meredith Russo, “The Little Mermaid”
Gita Trelease, “Fitcher’s Bird”
and an all-new fairy tale by Melissa Albert
Once upon a time . . .
-Flatiron Books/orangesky audio-
Young Adult
Daylight Falls Duology
Behind the Scenes
Under the Lights
Just Visiting
Cool for the Summer
Home Field Advantage
Going Bicoastal (coming June 13, 2023)
My Name is Everett (coming 2024)
New Adult
The Radleigh University Trilogy
Last Will and Testament
Right of First Refusal
Out on Good Behavior
Anthologies EDITED BY DAHLIA
His Hideous Heart: 13 of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined - “Lygia”
That Way Madness Lies: 15 of William Shakespeare's Most Notable Works Reimagined - “I Bleed”
Out of Our League, co-edited with Jennifer Iacopelli (coming winter 2024)
Anthology Stories
All Out: The No Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages, edited by Saundra Mitchell - “Molly’s Lips”
The Radical Element: 12 Stories of Daredevils, Debutantes & Other Dauntless Girls, edited by Jessica Spotswood - “Daughter of the Book”
It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories, edited by Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman - “Two Truths and an Oy”