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Sep 2022
52m 36s

Courtney Summers returns!

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Bestselling Young Adult author Courtney Summers returns to discuss her new book I'm the Girl. She shares with Jill the inspiration behind her book, writing books about teen girls for teen girls, the cultural systems in place that perpetuate violence against girls and women, and what it was like slipping a Sadie easter egg into the story.

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