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2020 Agency Wrap Up

Episode Summary

Today, we talk about 2020. Yes, we voluntarily went back there! Though much was lost this year, and many things felt by turns unfamiliar and maddeningly repetitive, we had a good year. With 3 new members added to our team, many new books released, and new contracts signed! Together we clung to the successes and joy. Kate Testerman, Sara Megibow, Kelly VanSant, Jas Perry, Aida Lilly, and Renee Nyen talk about 2020 and look ahead to what 2021 has in store for kt literary.

Episode Notes

Today, we talk about 2020. Yes, we voluntarily went back there! Though much was lost this year, and many things felt by turns unfamiliar and maddeningly repetitive, we had a good year. With 3 new members added to our team, many new books released, and new contracts signed! Together we clung to the successes and joy. 

 

Kate Testerman, Sara Megibow, Kelly VanSant, Jas Perry, Aida Lilly, and Renee Nyen talk about 2020 and look ahead to what 2021 has in store for kt literary. 

 

 

Here are some of our favorite reads of 2020!

 

Kate loved: Enjoy the View by Sarah Morganthaler

Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi 

 

Sara loved: The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall 

Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

 

Aida loved: Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab

 

Kelly loved: The Unravelling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Rosanne A. Brown

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

 

Jas loved: Twins by Varian Johnson, illustrated by Shannon Wright

Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds written by Danica Novgorodoff

 

Renee loved: Maureen Johnson’s Truly Devious series

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

 

 

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