Best Selling Author Soman Chainani Gets Political

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Soman Chainani discusses his shift from fairy tales to writing a controversial book, Young World.

When Dan last spoke to author Soman Chainani, the guy was riding high. His wildly popular "School for Good and Evil" series had just been turned into a movie, and he was perfectly happy to keep churning out fairy tales. But somewhere between then and now, the fairy tales stopped flowing. So instead of playing it safe, Soman wrote Young World, a far more controversial book that he simply couldn't not write. Soman tells Dan exactly why he felt compelled to go there, and drops some spicy literary takes along the way. “Get 50% Off Monarch, the all-in-one financial tool at www.monarch.com/HAPPENS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Dan

Guest: Soman Chainani

Topics covered

• writing
• politics
• literature
• book publishing
• author interviews

Keywords

• Soman Chainani
• Young World
• School for Good and Evil
• political writing
• literary discussion

Sponsors

Monarch

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: School for Good and Evil, Young World

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