Liz Hannah, Issa Rae, Boots Riley, Radha Blank, and Tanya Saracho. Her composition criteria consisted of three things: she wanted to keep her real initials something gender neutral and something easily pronounceable. Final Draft shared the honorees for the 17th Annual Final Draft Awards today. Fear keeps plenty of authors from sharing their work. Eighteen-year-old Laila Piedra is a biracial aspiring author whose creative writing teacher always told her she has a special talent, so when he suddenly dies and is replaced by Nadiya Nazarenko, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who is sadistically critical and perpetually unimpressed, Laila grows obsessed with gaining the woman's approval and is led to believe she must choose between perfection and sanity, but rejecting her all-powerful mentor may be the only way for Laila to thrive. Robinson choose the pseudonym Riley Redgate when she was 16 years old, brainstorming it with the help of other members of a writers' forum. Final Draft by Riley Redgate, Abrams, 272 pages, 17.99, ages 14 and up.
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