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Pep talks are inspirational letters written by well-known authors during NaNoWriMo just for you.
They’ll be delivered to your NaNoMail inbox throughout NaNoWriMo season, ready to inspire you, motivate you, and keep you writing all month long.
2018 Pep Talk Authors
Andy Weir built a career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel, The Martian, allowed him to live out his dream of writing full time. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He also mixes a mean cocktail. He lives in California. Visit his Facebook, Twitter, or website.
Justina Ireland lives with her husband, kid, dog, and cats in Pennsylvania. She is the author of Vengeance Bound, Promise of Shadows, and Dread Nation, which is a New York Times bestseller and has received six starred reviews. Her most recent book is the middle grade novel Lando’s Luck, a Star Wars Story. You can visit her on Twitter as @justinaireland, on Instagram as @justinai, or at her website justinaireland.com.
Francesca Lia Block is the author of more than twenty-five books of fiction, non-fiction, short stories and poetry. She received the Spectrum Award, the Phoenix Award, the ALA Rainbow Award and the 2005 Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as other citations from the American Library Association and from the New York Times Book Review, School Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly. In addition to writing, she teaches fiction workshops in Los Angeles where she was born, raised and currently still lives. Visit her on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Min Jin Lee is a recipient of fiction fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation (2018) and the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard (2018-9). Lee’s recent novel Pachinko was a finalist for the National Book Award, a runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, a New York Times bestseller, a Top 10 Books of the Year for The New York Times, a joint book club selection of PBS NewsHour and The New York Times, and on over 75 best-of-the-year lists. Lee’s debut novel, Free Food for Millionaires, was a Top 10 Books of the Year for The Times, NPR’s Fresh Air and USA Today. Her writings have appeared in The New Yorker, Guardian, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, The Times Literary Supplement, The Times, Vogue, and Wall Street Journal. She has served as a columnist for The Chosun Ilbo, South Korea’s leading newspaper, for three seasons. Follow her on Facebook or Twitter.
Pep Talk Archive
Pep talk veterans include folks like N. K. Jemisin, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Neil Gaiman, Roxane Gay, Lois Lowry, Jason Reynolds, and Dean Koontz.
Author | Year | Link |
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Kevin Kwan | 2017 | Pep Talk |
Roxane Gay | 2017 | Pep Talk |
Dean Koontz | 2017 | Pep Talk |
Julie Murphy | 2017 | Pep Talk |
Grant Faulkner | 2017 | Pep Talk |
Jenny Han | 2016 | Pep Talk |
Alaya Dawn Johnson | 2016 | Pep Talk |
Daniel José Older | 2016 | Pep Talk |
Maggie Stiefvater | 2016 | Pep Talk |
Alexander Chee | 2016 | Pep Talk |
Gene Luen Yang | 2015 | Pep Talk |
Diana Gabaldon | 2015 | Pep Talk |
Mitali Perkins | 2011 | Pep Talk |
Stephanie Perkins | 2015 | Pep Talk |
Charlaine Harris | 2015 | Pep Talk |
N. K. Jemisin | 2015 | Pep Talk |
Sandy Hall | 2015 | Pep Talk |
Jim Butcher | 2014 | Pep Talk |
Kami Garcia | 2014 | Pep Talk |
Tamora Pierce | 2014 | Pep Talk |
Veronica Roth | 2014 | Pep Talk |
Brandon Sanderson | 2014 | Pep Talk |
Jason Reynolds | 2015 | Pep Talk |
Chuck Wendig | 2014 | Pep Talk |
Bella Andre | 2013 | Pep Talk |
Lev Grossman | 2013 | Pep Talk |
Malinda Lo | 2013 | Pep Talk |
Marie Lu | 2013 | Pep Talk |
Holly McGhee | 2013 | Pep Talk |
James Patterson | 2013 | Pep Talk |
Ralph Peters | 2013 | Pep Talk |
Patrick Rothfuss | 2013 | Pep Talk |
Rainbow Rowell | 2013 | Pep Talk |
Catherynne M. Valente | 2013 | Pep Talk |
Jeff VanderMeer | 2013 | Pep Talk |
Gennifer Albin | 2012 | Pep Talk |
Chris Angotti | 2012 | Pep Talk |
Chris Baty | 2012 | Pep Talk |
Kate DiCamillo | 2012 | Pep Talk |
Grant Faulkner | 2012 | Pep Talk |
Lindsey Grant | 2012 | Pep Talk |
Tupelo Hassman | 2012 | Pep Talk |
Nick Hornby | 2012 | Pep Talk |
Marissa Meyer | 2012 | Pep Talk |
Karen Russell | 2012 | Pep Talk |
Scott Westerfeld | 2012 | Pep Talk |
Kevin Wilson | 2012 | Pep Talk |
Chris Baty | 2011 | Pep Talk |
Gayle Brandeis | 2011 | Pep Talk |
Chris Cleave | 2011 | Pep Talk |
Lindsey Grant | 2011 | Pep Talk |
Rachael Herron | 2011 | Pep Talk |
Jonathan Lethem | 2011 | Pep Talk |
Erin Morgenstern | 2011 | Pep Talk |
Audrey Niffenegger | 2011 | Pep Talk |
Lani Diane Rich | 2011 | Pep Talk |
Brandon Sanderson | 2011 | Pep Talk |
Deb Olin Unferth | 2011 | Pep Talk |
Chris Baty | 2010 | Pep Talk |
Aimee Bender | 2010 | Pep Talk |
Holly Black | 2010 | Pep Talk |
Dave Eggers | 2010 | Pep Talk |
Lindsey Grant | 2010 | Pep Talk |
John Green | 2010 | Pep Talk |
Mercedes Lackey | 2010 | Pep Talk |
Lemony Snicket | 2010 | Pep Talk |
Lynda Barry | 2009 | Pep Talk |
Chris Baty | 2009 | Pep Talk |
Peter Carey | 2009 | Pep Talk |
Kristin Cashore | 2009 | Pep Talk |
Jasper Fforde | 2009 | Pep Talk |
Maureen Johnson | 2009 | Pep Talk |
Gail Carson Levine | 2009 | Pep Talk |
Robin McKinley | 2009 | Pep Talk |
Tamora Pierce | 2009 | Pep Talk |
Piers Anthony | 2008 | Pep Talk |
Kelley Armstrong | 2008 | Pep Talk |
Chris Baty | 2008 | Pep Talk |
Gayle Brandeis | 2008 | Pep Talk |
Meg Cabot | 2008 | Pep Talk |
Janet Fitch | 2008 | Pep Talk |
Brian Jacques | 2008 | Pep Talk |
Katherine Paterson | 2008 | Pep Talk |
Philip Pullman | 2008 | Pep Talk |
Jonathan Stroud | 2008 | Pep Talk |
Julianna Baggott | 2007 | Pep Talk |
Neil Gaiman | 2007 | Pep Talk |
Sue Grafton | 2007 | Pep Talk |
Sara Gruen | 2007 | Pep Talk |
Garth Nix | 2007 | Pep Talk |
Naomi Novik | 2007 | Pep Talk |
Deanna Raybourn | 2007 | Pep Talk |
Tom Robbins | 2007 | Pep Talk |