WARNING: What you are about to hear is a very frank and urgent discussion with a 16-year-old suburban, American teenager. In order to protect all those involved during the course of this interview, the subject shall be referred to only as teenager x.

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Cecil Castellucci is the highly acclaimed author of the young adult novels Boy Proof, The Queen of Cool, Beige, Rose Sees Red, and First Day on Earth, as well as the graphic novels The PLAIN Janes and Janes in Love, and the hybrid graphic novel The Year of the Beasts (with the incomparable Nate Powell). Before that, she was in the indie rock band, Nerdy Girl. To learn more about Cecil's background, check out episode 32 of the Other People with Brad Listi podcast.

Keep up with Cecil Castellucci at www.misscecil.com and follow her on Twitter @misscecil and crushlibrary on Tumblr.

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