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<p>Listen along as <i>The Story Seeds Podcast</i> host Betsy Bird chats with Rajani LaRocca (author of "Midsummer’s Mayhem," a Kirkus Best Book of 2019 and long-listed for the 2020 Massachusetts Book Award as a must-read title in MG/YA Literature.) They go behind the scenes and talk about what it was like meeting Liyana and growing her story seed about a girl trying to fit in with her famous family with the help of a magic mirror on Episode 5 “The Hungry Mirror.” </p><p>In this author interview, Rajani also shares tips on writing and talks about how, by working hard, she balanced her love of science and writing to become <strong>both</strong> a doctor and an award-winning author!</p><p>Authors, books, and genres of writing mentioned in this episode: Shakespeare, Madeleine L'Engle, Richard Seltzer, William Carlos Williams</p><p>Genres of writing mentioned in this episode: science fiction, fantasy, fairy tale</p><p>Books mentioned in this episode: <a href="https://amzn.to/2L4wfvX" target...