Interview with Nadia Odunayo (Founder and CEO of The StoryGraph)

08/01/23 • 0 min

On today's episode, we chat with Nadia Odunayo, Founder and CEO of The StoryGraph, an indie alternative to Amazon-owned Goodreads. We discuss how The StoryGraph was founded, how it grew, and where it's going next, as well as the importance of indie companies in an ever-monopolized industry.

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About Nadia Odunayo: Nadia is the founder and CEO at The StoryGraph. She studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at University College, Oxford. She is a fan of fiction & storytelling, and how these can be used as tools for education, the process and execution around building products, particularly from scratch, and singing & dance.

Books we discussed on today's episode:

The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
American Kingpin by Nick Bilton
Thank You For Listening by Julia Whelan
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
American Queen by Sierra Simone
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
How to Resist Amazon and Why by Danny Caine

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Books we discussed on today's episode:

The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
American Kingpin by Nick Bilton
Thank You For Listening by Julia Whelan
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
American Queen by Sierra Simone
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
How to Resist Amazon and Why by Danny Caine

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Interview with V. E. Schwab (Author of 'The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue')

On today’s episode, we speak with author V.E. Schwab about The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue coming to paperback, the forthcoming addition to the Shades of Magic series, fan art, book tours, and more!

Author photo credit: Jenna Maurice

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About V.E. Schwab: VICTORIA “V. E.” SCHWAB is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including the acclaimed Shades of Magic series, the Villains series, the Cassidy Blake series and the international bestseller The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. Her work has received critical acclaim, translated into over two dozen languages, and optioned for television and film. When not haunting Paris streets or trudging up English hillsides, she lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is usually tucked in the corner of a coffee shop, dreaming up monsters.

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Books we discussed on today's episode:

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
Pageboy by Elliot Page
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

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Interview with James McBride

On today's episode, we sit down with James McBride, a novelist, musician, and educator. We discuss his newest novel 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store', the writing process, the state of public education, the power of positive thinking, and much more.

Author photo credit: Chia Messina

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About James McBride: James McBride is an accomplished musician and author of the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, the #1 bestselling American classic The Color of Water, and the bestsellers Song Yet Sung and Miracle at St. Anna. He is also the author of Kill ’Em and Leave, a James Brown biography. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal in 2016, McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.

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