The Truth of Adolescent Authors (feat. Dina Shlufman and Varya Kluev)

Why we love it — This episode jumpstarted our new miniseries where we interview teens skilled in different disciplines. Reading and writing are often overlooked due to the fact that they are largely academic-related, but the teen writers that embrace it as their passion have incredible stories and pieces to offer the world, which rival that of their adult counterparts.

On Episode 29, we spoke to two accomplished teen authors about their ways of keeping up with writing in an increasingly digital age, whether they draw inspiration from their youth, and how recognition of written work by young authors is overlooked.

You can read Varya's New York Times award-winning article Pants on Fire right here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/learning/annotated-by-the-author-pants-on-fire.html

A special thanks to Dina Shlufman and Varya Kluev.