{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Eight Books That Made Me: Justina Ireland","description":"Librarian Natalie McCall chats with Justina Ireland, author of fantasy novels for young adults including the New York Times bestseller, Dread Nation (a genre-bending historical novel featuring finishing school zombie slayers). Justina also writes for the Star Wars franchise, including the books Lando\u2019s Luck, Spark of the Resistance, and A Test of Courage. Her middle grade novel Ophie\u2019s Ghosts  comes out in May. Natalie and Justina talked about whether The Great Gatsby is actually any good or if readers have been brainwashed into thinking it\u2019s a classic, the behind the scenes working of the hype machine in YA publishing, and the portrayal of \u201cBlack pain\u201d in literature. Justina also gives hope to aspiring writers when she describes selling her most successful book to a publisher when it seemed like her career was over.  Justina\u2019s Eight ","author_name":"Eight Books That Made Me","author_url":"http:\/\/www.millvalleylibrary.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18572603\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/99941486"}