A Tightrope of Self-Belief With Jennifer E. Smith

First Draft Episode #346: Jennifer E. Smith

Jennifer E. Smith, author of YA novels The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between and more. She’s here to talk about her first picture book, Creature of Habit (with illustrator Leo Espinosa), and her first adult novel, The Unsinkable Greta James.

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• Hear Jennifer E. Smith’s first First Draft interview

• Illustrator Leo Espinosa

• St. Vincent (musician)

• A League of Their Own (movie)

• Katie Lovejoy, screenwriter for The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

• Vanessa Caswill, director of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

• The cast of the movie includes: Hayley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Rob Delaney, Jameela Jamil

• This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith

• Field Notes on Love, which Jenn is adapting for the screen with Lauren Graham

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